Disopyramide (Norpace®) Distribution at Autopsy of an Overdose Case
Anderson, WH
Doctoral candidate; toxicology laboratory director and associate professor; deputy chief medical examiner, State of Tennessee, and associate professor; respectively; Department of Pathology, University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences, Memphis.

Stafford, DT
Doctoral candidate; toxicology laboratory director and associate professor; deputy chief medical examiner, State of Tennessee, and associate professor; respectively; Department of Pathology, University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences, Memphis.

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


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: JFS251800033

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