An announced suicide with ecstasy.
Most cases of ecstasy overdose turn out to be accidental, whereas suicide attempts with designer drugs occur only sporadically. We report an announced suicide by means of a combination of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and 3,4-methylenedioxyethylamphetamine (MDEA). During autopsy, sampling for toxicological investigation (peripheral blood, urine, cerebrospinal fluid, bile and gastric contents) occurred. Serum concentrations as high as 13.33 mg/l for MDMA, 7.32 mg/l for MDEA and 0.43 mg/l for 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine were found. Ecstasy tablets, which were confiscated by the police a few days earlier, showed also a combination of MDMA and MDEA. This fact suggests that the ingested tablets probably came from the same source as the seized pills.
Libiseller
Kathrin
K
Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Muellerstrasse 44, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria. kathrin.libiseller@uibk.ac.at
Pavlic
Marion
M
Grubwieser
Petra
P
Rabl
Walter
W
D015104:3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000506:poisoning; D000328:Adult; D001317:Austria; D001344:Autopsy / Q000379:methods*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D062787:Drug Overdose / Q000473:pathology; D053593:Forensic Toxicology / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018817:N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine / Q000506:poisoning*; D013405:Suicide
D004338:Drug Combinations; D015104:3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine; D018817:N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; C051800:3,4-methylenedioxyethamphetamine