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  Česky / Czech version Soud Lék., 53, 2008, No. 2, p. 16–17
 
AN AUTOPSY CASE OF POISONING WITH ETHANOL AND PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS 
Hiroshi Kinoshita*, Minori Nishiguchi*, Shogo Kasuda*, Harumi Ouchi*, Takako Minami*, Kiyoshi Matsui* , Takehiko Yamamura*, Hiroyuki Motomura**, Nao Ohtsu*, Shie Yoshida*, Nobuyuki Adachi*, Yasuo Aoki*,Yasushi Nagasaki***, Kiyoshi Ameno**** and Shigeru Hi shida*

*Department of Legal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawa-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, 663- 8501, Japan **Forensic Science Laboratory, Hyogo Prefectural Police Headquarters, 4-1, Shimoyamate -dori 5-chome, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-8510, Japan ***Hyogo Medical Examiners Office, Kusunoki-cho 7-5-1, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan ****Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, 1750-1 Miki, Kagawa, 761-0793, Japan
 


Summary:

       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 μg/ml and 6.80 μg/ml, respectively. We concluded that the cause of death was due to the combination use of ethanol, amoxapine and phenobarbital

        Key words: poisoning – ethanol – amoxapine – phenobarbital – drug interaction
       

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