Three Cases of Fatal Paramethoxyamphetamine Overdose

Two cases of fatal zopiclone overdose.

Two cases of death due to the ingestion of zopiclone are presented. Quantitative determinations of zopiclone yielded 1.4-3.9 mg/L in the blood, 0.81 and 8.7 mg/kg in the liver, and 13.5 and 133 mg in the stomach contents. Drug concentrations were interpreted relative to the case findings, published data, and a limited evaluation of therapeutic concentrations found in two cases of therapeutic zo...

Fatal digoxin overdose.

Overdosage with cardiac glycosides is well documented, but not usually fatal. A case is described in which cardiac arrest in asystole was associated with a serum digoxin level of 50-4 microgram/1, the highest concentration yet reported after oral administration.

Three Fatal Cases of the Bulbar

IN the course of an investigation on an epidemic of brainstem poliomyelitis reported in a previous paper, a search was made for similar though fatal cases in order that the pathology might be studied. The three now reported were cases of poliomyelitis of the brainstem type without any spinal involvement and were the total outcome of the search. One case comes from the notes of the Hospital for ...

Three cases of fatal triazolam poisoning.

Triazolam, which is widely prescribed as a hypnotic, is considered to be safe even in overdose. In elderly patients, however, overdose may be fatal, particularly in patients taking concomitant drug treatment or with serious disease. Case reports Case I-A 76 year old woman with bone pain from osteomalacia due to renal tubular acidosis had been treated with alfacalcidol, calcium supplements, sodi...

Non-Fatal Amlodipine and Insulin Overdose in an Elderly Person