ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 October 1986
Page Count: 4

Toxicological Findings in a Fatal Overdose of Verapamil
Crompton, C
Department of Pathology, Memorial Hospital, Sweetwater County, WY

Rollins, DE
Assistant director, director, and assistant toxicologist, Center for Human Toxicology, University of Utah, UT

Crouch, DJ
Assistant director, director, and assistant toxicologist, Center for Human Toxicology, University of Utah, UT

Peat, MA
Co-director, Chemical Toxicology Institute, CA

Francom, P
Assistant director, director, and assistant toxicologist, Center for Human Toxicology, University of Utah, UT

(Received 4 November 1985; accepted 6 January 1986)

Abstract

Presented is a case where the death was attributed to the deliberate ingestion of an overdose of verapamil (V). Blood, urine, and gastric concentrations of the drug were determined by gas chromatography with nitrogen phosphorus detection (GC-NPD). Identification of norverapamil (NV) was made. A presumptive identification of o-demethylnorverapamil (DNV) was also made.

Keywords:
toxicology, suicide, verapamil, norverapamil, o-demethylnorverapamil

Paper ID: JFS11933J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11933J
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