ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 January 1980
Page Count: 7

Disopyramide (Norpace ®) Distribution at Autopsy of an Overdose Case
Stafford, DT
Doctoral candidate; toxicology laboratory director and associate professor; deputy chief medical examiner, State of Tennessee, and associate professor, University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences,

Bell, JS
Doctoral candidate; toxicology laboratory director and associate professor; deputy chief medical examiner, State of Tennessee, and associate professor, University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences,

Anderson, WH
Doctoral candidate; toxicology laboratory director and associate professor; deputy chief medical examiner, State of Tennessee, and associate professor, University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences,

(Received 26 February 1979; accepted 13 June 1979)

Abstract

A 44-year-old female died as the result of an overdose of disopyramide. An analytical method was developed and the distribution of the drug in various tissues was determined. Analysis of the blood sample indicated a drug concentration far exceeding that of the therapeutic concentration.

Keywords:
toxicology, disopyramide, death

Paper ID: JFS10933J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS10933J
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