Citation

Tanaka N, Kinoshita H, Nishiguchi M, Jamal M, Kumihashi M, Takahashi M, Nishio H, Ameno K. Soud. Lek. 2011; 56(3): 38-39.

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Japan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Česká lékařská společnost J. E. Purkyně, Publisher Statni Zdravotnicke Nakladatelstvi)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

21887897

Abstract

A fatal poisoning case involving etizolam, phenobarbital, promethazine and chlorpromazine is presented. Quantitative toxicological analysis showed that the concentrations of etizolam, phenobarbital, promethazine and chlorpromazine in the femoral blood were 86 ng/ml, 5082 microg/ml, 0.107 microg/ml and 0.144 microg/ml, respectively, and large amounts of drugs were also detected in the stomach contents. We conclude that the cause of death was due to the interaction of multiple psychotropic drugs.

Language: en