TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1994//
TI  - Terfenadine fatal poisoning: A case report
JO  - Journal (Canadian Society of Forensic Science)
A1  - Treacy, S. A.
SP  - 43
EP  - 46
VL  - 27
IS  - 1
N2  - 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 />
LA  - en
SN  - 0008-5030
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00085030.1994.10757024
ID  - ref1
ER  -