@article{ref1,
title="Death due to apparent intravenous injection of tapentadol",
journal="Journal of forensic sciences",
year="2013",
author="Kemp, Walter and Schlueter, Scott and Smalley, Elizabeth",
volume="58",
number="1",
pages="288-291",
abstract="This case report describes a 34-year-old male who died as the result of tapentadol toxicity. This case apparently represents the first reported description of a death because of this drug. The toxicologic features of this case, namely concentrations of tapentadol in the femoral blood and heart blood, 1.05 and 3.20 mg/L, respectively, may assist other individuals in evaluating deaths where tapentadol concentration is a factor. Analysis of the blood based upon enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry revealed no other substance of significance, only nicotine and cotinine, and the autopsy findings were consistent with an opiate-type drug overdose, and indicated no competing cause of death.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-1198",
doi="10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02299.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02299.x"
}