Fatal meprobamate self-poisoning.
A case involving a suicidal overdose resulting from the ingestion of 90 tablets (400 mg) of meprobamate is presented. The drug was quantified using a gas chromatograph equipped with a flame ionization detector (FID). While the blood level was 204.6 micrograms/ml, the maximum concentration was found in the heart (708 micrograms/g), confirming the cardiac toxicity of meprobamate. Other drugs were not detected.
Kintz
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Institute of Legal Medicine, Faculty of Pharmacy, Strasbourg, France.
Tracqui
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Mangin
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Lugnier
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D000328:Adult; D001646:Bile / Q000032:analysis; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D008620:Meprobamate / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning*; D009132:Muscles / Q000032:analysis; D009206:Myocardium / Q000032:analysis; D013405:Suicide
D008620:Meprobamate