Citation

Michaelis HC, Sharifi S, Schoel G. J. Toxicol. Clin. Toxicol. 1991; 29(4): 521-526.

Affiliation

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Göttingen, Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Marcel Dekker)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1749057

Abstract

Rhabdomyolysis without renal failure was noted after suicidal ingestion of 29 tablets of Spalt N containing 7.25 g of acetaminophen, 7.25 g of phenazone and 1.45 g of caffeine by a 29 year-old weighing 73 kg. The maximum serum creatine kinase was 1920 U/L, serum myoglobins were 49 to 167 ng/mL. Acetaminophen, phenazone and caffeine were quantified and identified in serum by gas chromatography and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. It is suggested that rhabdomyolysis might have been caused by caffeine.

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