Suicide by buflomedil HCl: a case report.
A man was found dead in his bed by his relatives; a half-empty wrapping of Loftyl Plus (the trade name of a vasodilator medications containing buflomedil HCl marketed in Italy) was on the bedside table. GC/MS analysis of a blood sample collected during the autopsy revealed a buflomedil HCl concentration approximately of about 20 times the therapeutic values.
Neri
Carla
C
Department of Medicine and Public Health, University of Verona, Institute of Forensic Medicine--Policlinico G.B. Rossi, P. le L.A. Scuro 1, 37134 Verona, Italy. carla.neri@univr.it
Barbareschi
Mattia
M
Turrina
Stefania
S
De Leo
Domenico
D
D062787:Drug Overdose; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011759:Pyrrolidines / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning*; D013405:Suicide; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning*
D011759:Pyrrolidines; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; C010651:buflomedil