An unusual death by zipeprol overdose.
Capillary gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry was employed to quantify zipeprol in biological fluids and tissues in a death attributed to oral zipeprol ingestion. The blood concentration of zipeprol was 6.69 mg/l. Hair analysis clearly indicated chronic drug abuse, with a concentration of 33.1 ng/mg. Results are discussed in the light of the existing literature.
Kintz
P
P
Institut de Médecine Légale, Strasbourg, France.
Tracqui
A
A
Potard
D
D
Petit
G
G
Mangin
P
P
D000328:Adult; D000996:Antitussive Agents / Q000506:poisoning*; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000737:chemistry; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D062787:Drug Overdose; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006197:Hair / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010879:Piperazines / Q000506:poisoning*
D000996:Antitussive Agents; D010879:Piperazines; C013341:zipeprol