Citation

Fraser AD, Isner AF. J. Forensic Sci. 1987; 32(4): 1103-1108.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1987, American Society for Testing and Materials, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3612066

Abstract

A fatality following ingestion of the tricyclic antidepressant carpipramine (Prazinil) and ethyl alcohol is described. Carpipramine was quantitated by high performance liquid chromatography. The concentration of carpipramine was 2.0 mg/L in blood and 0.44 mg/L in urine. Ethyl alcohol was measured by headspace gas chromatography and found to be 105 mg/dL in blood and 55 mg/dL in the urine. Quantitative analysis of stomach contents was positive for carpipramine by thin-layer chromatography. To our knowledge, this is the first reported fatality involving carpipramine.

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