Report of a fatal, acute tripelennamine intoxication.
A death resulting from tripelennamine overdose in a 19-year-old male Caucasian is reported. The patient died 7 h after ingesting approximately twenty 50-mg tripelennamine tablets. A concentration of 1.0 mg/100 ml was found in the blood. All tissue concentrations were measured by ultraviolet spectroscopy and verified by gas-liquid chromatography. Significant findings included pulmonary edema and multiple small petechial hemorrhages in the soft tissue of the scalp.
D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000139:chemically induced; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000139:chemically induced; D012535:Scalp; D013405:Suicide; D014309:Tripelennamine / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning*
D014309:Tripelennamine