Journal Published Online: 01 November 1996
Volume 41, Issue 6

A Fatal Case of Methotrimeprazine Overdose

CODEN: JFSCAS

Abstract

Fatal ingestion of methotrimeprazine is unusual, and while therapeutic drug levels are established as concentrations between 0.02 to 0.14 mg/L, fatal levels are not. The following describes a case of fatal suicidal ingestion of methotrimeprazine in which the measured concentration of methotrimeprazine in the blood was 4.1 mg/L. In addition, the major metabolites of methotrimeprazine, desmethylmethotrimeprazine, and methotrimeprazine sulfoxide were also measured at 2.0 and 1.8 mg/L, respectively. Methotrimeprazine and its metabolites were also measured in urine, bile, and vitreous humor. These results are compared with other case reports of methotrimeprazine fatalities reported in the literature.

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Avis, SP
Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Health Sciences Center, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Holzbecher, MD
RCMP Forensic Laboratory, Halifax N.S., Canada
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Stock #: JFS14055J
ISSN: 0022-1198
DOI: 10.1520/JFS14055J