Citation

Kintz P, Tracqui A, Mangin P, Lugnier AA. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 1988; 9(2): 139-140.

Affiliation

Institute of Legal Medicine, Faculty of Pharmacy, Strasbourg, France.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3381792

Abstract

A case involving a suicidal overdose resulting from the ingestion of 90 tablets (400 mg) of meprobamate is presented. The drug was quantified using a gas chromatograph equipped with a flame ionization detector (FID). While the blood level was 204.6 micrograms/ml, the maximum concentration was found in the heart (708 micrograms/g), confirming the cardiac toxicity of meprobamate. Other drugs were not detected.

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