Toxicological analysis of sulpiride in a lethal poisoning case.
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.
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Laboratoire de Police Scientifique de Marseille, France.
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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*
D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D013469:Sulpiride