A non-fatal intoxication with a high-dose sodium nitrate

A fatal paramethoxymethamphetamine intoxication.

During the last years in Germany a marked increase in the use of amphetamines such as 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, ecstasy) has been observed. The use of these recreational drugs is especially common among young people participating in rave parties. Occasionally ring-methoxylated phenethylamine derivatives like paramethoxymethamphetamine (PMMA) or paramethoxyamphetamine (PMA) are fo...

Intravenous Lipid Emulsion Treatment and High-Dose Amlodipine Intoxication: A Case Report

Fatal intoxication with naftidrofuryl.

A 52-year-old man was found dead in his bed. He had financial and psychosocial problems like separation from his wife and children or unemployment due to alcoholism. Under treatment of disulfiram he was presently abstinent from alcohol. As he had suffered from epileptic seizures and dizziness, he received valproic acid and the vasodilator naftidrofuryl, respectively. Autopsy showed no morpholog...

Fatal intoxication with milnacipran.

The antidepressant milnacipran is a double serotonin/noradrenalin reuptake inhibitor. The low reported incidence of intoxication indicates excellent tolerance in comparison with tricyclic and second generation antidepressants. We report a fatal intoxication associating milnacipran, at blood levels (femoral=21.5 mg/l, cardiac=20 mg/l) 40-fold higher than the usual treatment concentration, and si...

Distribution of etomidate in a fatal intoxication.

Etomidate is a commonly used anesthetic agent often utilized to induce anesthesia as it has a short half-life and allows for central nervous system depression without causing major cardiovascular disturbances, making it one of the preferred medications for trauma and hemodynamically unstable patients. Thus, etomidate is commonly found during a postmortem drug screen conducted for medicolegal re...