Citation

Kanstrup MH, Petersen APF. Ugeskr. Laeger 2003; 165(3): 239-240.

Vernacular Title

Dodsfald med Letigen.

Affiliation

Aarhus Universitet, Retsmedicinsk Institut.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Den Alm Danske Laegerforening)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12555708

Abstract

Two cases of fatal caffeine and ephedrine intoxication due to ingestion of an anorectic drug Letigen (200 mg caffeine and 20 mg ephedrine) are reported. A 39-year-old female with a history of prior suicide attempts was found dead in her home by her husband. An empty bottle of Letigen was found. The other case was a 31-year-old female who was found dead in her car which had stopped on the motorway. She had been vomiting in the car. The toxicological analysis revealed fatal ephedrine and caffeine intoxication in both cases. In the first case the manner of death was suicide, the other death remained unresolved. One fatal Letigen intoxication due to suicidal ingestion in Denmark has previously been published.

Language: da