ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 July 1974
Page Count: 3

Two Propylhexedrine-Associated Fatalities: Benzedrine^® Revisited
Spruill, FG
Instructor, University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas, Texas

Garriott, JC
Instructor, University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas, Texas

Sturner, WQ
Assistant professor, University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas, Texas

(Received 9 November 1973; accepted 3 December 1973)

Abstract

The Benzedrine^® inhaler, long used as a local vasoconstrictor for nasal congestion, and at one time a readily available source of amphetamine, was replaced some years ago with the Benzedrex^® inhaler, containing propylhexedrine. It was known that abuse had occurred with the prior constituent, but few toxic episodes and no fatalities have been documented with the latter agent. We have recently observed two deaths involving propylhexedrine which are the subject of this report.

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Paper ID: JFS10213J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS10213J
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