Published: Journal of Analytical Toxicology, Volume 21, Number 1, January/February 1997, pp. 70–72.
CASE REPORT: Colchicine Poisoning: Report of a Fatal Case
and Presentation of an HPLC Procedure for Body Fluid and Tissue
Analyses
P. Kintz, C. Jamey, A. Tracqui, and P. Mangin
A case involving a suicidal overdose resulting from the ingestion of colchicine tablets is presented. The drug was quantitated using liquid chromatography. The femoral blood level was 62 ng/mL, and the maximum concentration found in bile was 2921 ng/mL. Therefore, bile appears to be the sample of choice for toxicological analysis when a poisoning case involving colchicine is suspected.
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