Citation

Albert M, Celiński R, Soja A, Kulikowska J, Olszowy Z, Sybirska H. Prob. Forensic Sci. 2004; 57: 100-112.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Institute of Forensic Research Publishers)

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Abstract

In this paper, the results of chemo-toxicological examinations of post-mortem material taken from a man who committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning after earlier taking zopiclone are presented. The source of the carbon monoxide was exhaust fumes from a car in a closed garage. Tests carried out revealed not only a small amount of the medicine in its unchanged form (90 ng/ml in blood), but also its metabolite, N-dimethyl-zopiclone, which, as the dominant form in biological extracts, can constitute the main marker of drug intake in toxicological screening analyses.

Language: en

Keywords

adult; human; suicide; male; autopsy; case report; article; drug intoxication; human tissue; unclassified drug; carbon monoxide; carbon monoxide intoxication; exhaust gas; drug blood level; Post-mortem material; zopiclone; drug metabolite; Determination; n dimethylzopiclone; Zopiclone