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Case Reports
. 1987 Sep-Oct;11(5):231-2.
doi: 10.1093/jat/11.5.231.

Fatality resulting from metoprolol overdose

T P Rohrig  1 , D A Rundle, W N Leifer
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Fatality resulting from metoprolol overdose

T P Rohrig et al. J Anal Toxicol. 1987 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

A death due to an intentional overdose of metoprolol is described. The drug was quantified by gas chromatography, and identification was confirmed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Metoprolol concentrations in blood, bile, urine, and vitreous humor were 19.8 mg/L, 83.1 mg/L, 1.6 mg/L, and 15.1 mg/L, respectively. A blood ethanol concentration of 0.25 g/100 mL was the only other significant toxicologic finding.

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