Toxicological findings after fatal amitriptyline self-poisoning.
A case of fatal self-poisoning with amitriptyline is reported. Both the drug and its metabolite nortriptyline were quantified in several post-mortem tissues and fluids, including vitreous humor. Results are discussed in the light of the existing literature.
Tracqui
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Institut de Médecine Légale, Faculté de Médecine de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Kintz
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Ritter-Lohner
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Mangin
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Lugnier
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Chaumont
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D000328:Adult; D000639:Amitriptyline / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D009661:Nortriptyline / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood; D014018:Tissue Distribution
D000639:Amitriptyline; D009661:Nortriptyline