A fatal drug interaction between oxycodone and clonazepam

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 683-686

  Burrows, David L ^a,b   Hagardorn, Andrea N ^a   Harlan, Gretel C ^a   Wallen, Ellen D B ^a   Ferslew, Kenneth E ^a  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonazepam; Forensic science; Lethal drug interaction; Oxycodone

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABINOID; CLONAZEPAM; DERYREL; EXCEDRIN; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; HYDROXYZINE; KLONAPIN; NAPROXEN; NICOTINE; OXYCODONE; PERCOCET; SULINDAC; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOLIC ACID; TRAZODONE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG OVERDOSE; ENZYME MULTIPLIED IMMUNOASSAY TECHNIQUE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG COLLAPSE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEROLOGY; STOMACH CONTENT; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0037696577     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2002323     Document Type: Conference Paper

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