Citation

Elian AA. Forensic Sci. Int. 1998; 91(3): 231-235.

Affiliation

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Forensic Toxicology Laboratory, Sudbury, MA 01776, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9530833

Abstract

An ingestion of an unknown quantity of Zyprexa (olanzapine) tablets in a suicide is described. Biological fluid samples obtained at autopsy were analyzed for the presence of olanzapine by gas chromatography equipped with nitrogen-phosphorous detector and gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy. The blood concentration of olanzapine was 490 micrograms/dl and the concentration in gastric contents was 4100 micrograms/dl.

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