A fatal case of amoxapine poisoning under the influence of chronic use of psychotropic drugs

Legal Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 63-67

  Kudo, Keiko ^a   Inoue, Hiromasa ^b   Ishida, Tomomi ^a   Tsuji, Akiko ^a   Ikeda, Noriaki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amoxapine; Cardiac lesions; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Levomepromazine; Psychotropic drugs; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

AMOXAPINE; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; MEDAZEPAM; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DEPRESSION; DRUG ACETYLATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG LIVER LEVEL; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; FEMALE; FOREARM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG EDEMA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SUPINE POSITION; WRIST;

ADULT; AMOXAPINE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; METHOTRIMEPRAZINE;

EID: 33847021354     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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