Barbiturate overdose: a case report.
Suicide patterns and rates differ in various populations and culture. It is observed from various studies that more than 90 percent of suicides are due to mental disorders. This behaviour, although often triggered by external factors, occurs in vulnerable individuals who have a neurobiological and often familial predisposition. Here, a case is reported wherein an apparently healthy married addicted male committed suicide by taking unprescribed twenty tablets of phenobarbital (60 mg) under suspicious condition.
Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Surat Municipal Institute of Medical Education & Research, Surat 395010.
Pranav
P
Prajapati
Mohammed Iliyas
MI
Sheikh
Jignesh
J
Brahmbhatt
D000328:Adult; D062787:Drug Overdose; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000506:poisoning*; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D010634:Phenobarbital / Q000506:poisoning*; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013405:Suicide
D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D010634:Phenobarbital