Published: Journal of Analytical Toxicology, Volume 23, Number 1, January/February 1999, pp.67-68.
| Case Report |
Toxicological Findings in a Fatal Ingestion of Methamphetamine
Norma M. Molina and Subhash G. Jejurikar
This paper presents the case history of a fatality caused by the complications brought about by the presence of methamphetamine and ethanol. Drug concentrations are reported from samples obtained approximately 15 min after the subject was last observed to be chewing what was then believed to be gum, 3 h after the initial toxic symptoms were displayed, 6, 11, and 22 h later. The subjects conditions deteriorated over the course of this time, and he was declared dead 33 h after the initial display of toxic symptoms. The toxicological findings and concentration levels of the reported biological specimens concurred with the expected findings in a case of methamphetamine toxicity.
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