[Fatal intoxication with paramethoxyamphetamine].
From August to December of the year 2000 we ascertained 7 rapid deaths because of acute intoxication with tablets colloquially called Ufo. There were five men and two women aged from 20 to 29 (average 24) years. Analytic tests showed that one tablet of Ufo contains 40 mg of paramethoxyamphetamine, 1.0 mg of amphetamine, 0.05 mg of methamphetamine, 0.03 mg of 3-4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine. The levels of paramethoxyamphe-tamine in the blood of the deceased, determined by gas chromatography, were from 0.68 to 10.0 (approx. 3.2) mg/L and in the urine from 16 to 64 (approx. 35) mg/L. The press and television campaign caused elimination of fatal intoxications with parametoxy-amphetamine during the last 13 months.
Chodorowski
Zygmunt
Z
I Klinika Chorób Wewnetrznych i Ostrych Zatruć Akademii Medycznej, 80-211 Gdańsk, ul. Debinki 7.
Wiergowski
Marek
M
Sein Anand
Jacek
J
D000328:Adult; D000661:Amphetamine / Q000097:blood* / Q000506:poisoning*; D000662:Amphetamines; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013405:Suicide
D000662:Amphetamines; D000661:Amphetamine; C100230:4-methoxyamphetamine