TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Death due to apparent intravenous injection of tapentadol
JO  - Journal of forensic sciences
A1  - Kemp, Walter
A1  - Schlueter, Scott
A1  - Smalley, Elizabeth
SP  - 288
EP  - 291
VL  - 58
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-1198
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02299.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -