Citation

Winek CL, Wahba WW, Janssen JK, Rozin L, Rafizadeh V. Forensic Sci. Int. 1996; 78(3): 165-168.

Affiliation

Allegheny County Department of Laboratories, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8635759

Abstract

Zolpidem (Ambien) is an imidazopyridine hypnotic recently introduced in the USA. We report a case of a fatal overdose of Ambien. A 68-year-old female ingested at least 30 tablets of 10 mg Ambien (300 mg). She was found dead at home. Toxicological analyses revealed blood concentration of 4.1, 19.3 and 2.3 micrograms/ml of zolpidem, meprobamate and carisoprodol, respectively.

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