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Case Reports
. 1988 Jun;9(2):139-40.
doi: 10.1097/00000433-198806000-00009.

Fatal meprobamate self-poisoning

P Kintz  1 , A Tracqui, P Mangin, A A Lugnier
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Case Reports

Fatal meprobamate self-poisoning

P Kintz et al. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 1988 Jun.

Abstract

A case involving a suicidal overdose resulting from the ingestion of 90 tablets (400 mg) of meprobamate is presented. The drug was quantified using a gas chromatograph equipped with a flame ionization detector (FID). While the blood level was 204.6 micrograms/ml, the maximum concentration was found in the heart (708 micrograms/g), confirming the cardiac toxicity of meprobamate. Other drugs were not detected.

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