Citation

Spiller HA, Bottei EM, Kalin L. Forensic Sci. Med. Pathol. 2008; 4(1): 47-50.

Affiliation

Kentucky Regional Poison Center, P.O. Box 35070, Louisville, KY 40232-5070, USA. henry.spiller@nortonhealthcare.org

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s12024-007-0030-5

PMID

19291469

Abstract

We report five cases of fatal bupropion overdose with post mortem bupropion concentrations ranging from 3.1 to >20 mg/L. Four patients had ingested a sustained-release formulation of bupropion and had evidence of pill "bodies" in their stomach with significantly elevated blood bupropion concentrations. The pills found in these patients may represent the residual matrix/shell with significant portions of the actual bupropion released and absorbed by the patients.

Language: en