title: A fatality involving secobarbital, nitrazepam, and codeine.
abstract: A fatal case involving the suicidal ingestion of secobarbital, nitrazepam, and codeine is presented. The drugs were quantified using gas chromatography for codeine and high-performance liquid chromatography for the two other drugs. The blood concentrations of secobarbital, nitrazepam, and codeine were found to be 11.48, 1.72, and 0.036 microgram/ml, respectively. Results are discussed in the light of the existing literature.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Legal Medicine, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tracqui
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kintz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mangin
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Lugnier
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Chaumont
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000032:analysis; D000328:Adult; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003061:Codeine / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D009567:Nitrazepam / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning*; D012631:Secobarbital / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning*; D013405:Suicide
chemical_list: D012631:Secobarbital; D009567:Nitrazepam; D003061:Codeine