title: An autopsy case of multiple psychotropic drug poisoning.
abstract: A fatal poisoning case involving etizolam, phenobarbital, promethazine and chlorpromazine is presented. Quantitative toxicological analysis showed that the concentrations of etizolam, phenobarbital, promethazine and chlorpromazine in the femoral blood were 86 ng/ml, 5082 microg/ml, 0.107 microg/ml and 0.144 microg/ml, respectively, and large amounts of drugs were also detected in the stomach contents. We conclude that the cause of death was due to the interaction of multiple psychotropic drugs.
authors: Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Japan.
authors: Naoko
authors: N
authors: Tanaka
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Kinoshita
authors: Minori
authors: M
authors: Nishiguchi
authors: Mostofa
authors: M
authors: Jamal
authors: Mitsuru
authors: M
authors: Kumihashi
authors: Motonori
authors: M
authors: Takahashi
authors: Hajime
authors: H
authors: Nishio
authors: Kiyoshi
authors: K
authors: Ameno
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002746:Chlorpromazine / Q000506:poisoning; D003975:Diazepam / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D004347:Drug Interactions; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010634:Phenobarbital / Q000506:poisoning; D011398:Promethazine / Q000506:poisoning; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000506:poisoning*
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; C044610:etizolam; D011398:Promethazine; D003975:Diazepam; D002746:Chlorpromazine; D010634:Phenobarbital