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Concentrations of heroin, 06-monoacetylmorphine, and morphine in a lethal case following an oral heroin overdose.
A case of lethal overdose by heroin ingestion is presented. The concentrations of drugs were measured several hours after death. Heroin, 06-monoacetylmorphine, and morphine were identified and quantitated in blood, urine, and gastrointestinal contents by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and high-performance liquid chromatography. Concentrations of heroin, 06-monoacetylmorphine, and morphine...
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The usage of heroin is associated with a variety of neurologic disorders, including acute transverse myelitis. In this study we present a 19 year old man who was suffered from insufflated heroin after several months of abstinence, and admitted to hospital emergency department, unconscious. He responded to fluid therapy and Naloxone, but could not move his legs on examination. He had flaccid par...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Dental Journal
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0007-0610,1476-5373
DOI: 10.1038/s41415-019-0515-0