[Effect of Stopangin mouth spray on blood alcohol levels measured by the Alcotest 7410 analyser made by Drager].
During a check-up of a driver by a police patrol in the Czech Republic by means of a breath analyzer of Dräger Co. an alcohol blood level of 0.50 g/kg was assessed. Later the driver reported that before the test he used at 30- and 5-minute intervals the drug Stopangin spray. In the Institute of Forensic Medicine the authors made an experiment which revealed that 22 minutes after administration of the drug the apparatus gave a negative result. Agreement with these conclusions was expressed also by a representative of Dräger Co. and the results were published as an expert opinion with a recommended procedure for the police of the Czech Republic in the South Moravian region.
Zelený
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Ustav soudního lékarství Brno.
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D000336:Aerosols; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001944:Breath Tests / Q000295:instrumentation*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000097:blood* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000336:Aerosols; D000431:Ethanol