An autopsy case of poisoning with ethanol and psychotropic drugs.
A case of fatal poisoning involving ethanol with psychotropic drugs is presented. Quantitative toxicological analysis showed that the concentrations of ethanol, amoxapine and phenobarbital in the femoral blood were 2.86 mg/ml, 0.41 microg/ml and 6.80 microg/ml, respectively. We concluded that the cause of death was due to the combination use of ethanol, amoxapine and phenobarbital.
Kinoshita
Hiroshi
H
Department of Legal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan. kinochin@hyo-med.ac.jp
Nishiguchi
Minori
M
Kasuda
Shogo
S
Ouchi
Harumi
H
Minami
Takako
T
Matsui
Kiyoshi
K
Yamamura
Takehiko
T
Motomura
Hiroyuki
H
Ohtsu
Nao
N
Yoshida
Shie
S
Adachi
Nobuyuki
N
Aoki
Yasuo
Y
Nagasaki
Yasushi
Y
Ameno
Kiyoshi
K
Hishida
Shigeru
S
D000328:Adult; D000657:Amoxapine / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning; D000431:Ethanol / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010634:Phenobarbital / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning*
D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D000431:Ethanol; D000657:Amoxapine; D010634:Phenobarbital