title: Toxicological findings after fatal amitriptyline self-poisoning.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Médecine Légale, Faculté de Médecine de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tracqui
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kintz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ritter-Lohner
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mangin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lugnier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chaumont
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000639:Amitriptyline; D009661:Nortriptyline