title: Toxicological analysis of sulpiride in a lethal poisoning case.
abstract: A fatality following ingestion of sulpiride is presented. The drug was identified and quantitated in postmortem blood by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and high-performance liquid chromatography with diode-array detection. The concentration was 38 microg/mL, which was in excess of 34 times the therapeutic concentration of sulpiride. For other associated drugs, their concentrations were in their therapeutic ranges.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Police Scientifique de Marseille, France.
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Rop
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Sournac
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Elie
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Burle
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fornaris
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning*; D062787:Drug Overdose; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D013469:Sulpiride / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning*
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D013469:Sulpiride