title: Tuinal as a drug of abuse.
abstract: Six case reports are presented to illustrate the problems of abuse of Tuinal (equal parts of sodium quinalbarbitone and sodium amylobarbitone). Over a four-year period in South Australia, Tuinal has risen from causing no deaths to be second only to pentobarbitone as a cause of death. While deaths from pentobarbitone overdosage are largely suicidal, Tuinal deaths are largely accidental, the result of a lack of tolerance in combination with alcohol potentiation.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000654:Amobarbital; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012631:Secobarbital; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D004338:Drug Combinations; C027629:amobarbital, secobarital drug combination; D012631:Secobarbital; D000654:Amobarbital