TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1994//
TI  - A mexiletine intoxication
JO  - Journal of analytical toxicology
A1  - Kempton, J.
A1  - Manoukian, A.
A1  - Levine, B.
A1  - Smialek, John E.
SP  - 346
EP  - 347
VL  - 18
IS  - 6
N2  - A case is presented of a 26-year-old white male with a history of depression and previous suicide attempts. No anatomic cause of death was determined at the autopsy. Comprehensive toxicological analysis of the blood and urine specimens identified mexiletine, a class 1B antiarrhythmic drug. Mexiletine was detected by gas chromatography and confirmed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Quantitations were as follows: heart blood, 38 mg/L; subclavian blood, 14 mg/L; urine, 370 mg/L; liver, 190 mg/kg; kidney, 170 mg/kg; vitreous humor, 17 mg/L; and bile, 440 mg/L. The medical examiner ruled that the cause of death was mexiletine intoxication and the manner of death was suicide.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0146-4760
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -