Citation

Kintz P, Jamey C, Tracqui A, Mangin P. J. Anal. Toxicol. 1997; 21(1): 70-72.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Preston Publications)

DOI

10.1093/jat/21.1.70

PMID

9013296

Abstract

A case involving a suicidal overdose resulting from the ingestion of colchicine tablets is presented. The drug was quantitated using liquid chromatography. The femoral blood level was 62 ng/mL, and the maximum concentration found in bile was 2921 ng/mL. Therefore, bile appears to be the sample of choice for toxicological analysis when a poisoning case involving colchicine is suspected.

Language: en

Keywords

Adult; Bile; Body Fluids; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Colchicine; Drug Overdose; Fatal Outcome; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Gout Suppressants; Humans; Male; Suicide; Tissue Distribution