@article{ref1,
title="Terfenadine fatal poisoning: A case report",
journal="Journal (Canadian Society of Forensic Science)",
year="1994",
author="Treacy, S. A.",
volume="27",
number="1",
pages="43-46",
abstract="The following is a case report involving the death of a 48 year old woman with a history of multiple allergies. No anatomical cause of death was found at autopsy. Toxicological analysis of the postmortem blood identified terfenadine, a non-sedating antihistamine, and its two major metabolites, as well as trace amounts of diphenhydramine and lidocaine. Blood concentrations were: terfenadine--0.44 mg/L, terfenadine carboxylate--3.07 mg/L, and azacyclonol--0.89 mg/L. The medical examiner ruled the cause of death to be a self-ingested overdose of terfenadine. This terfenadine concentration in blood appears to be the highest reported in the literature to date.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0008-5030",
doi="10.1080/00085030.1994.10757024",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00085030.1994.10757024"
}