Citation

Saito T, Yamamoto I, Kusakabe T, Huang X, Yukawa N, Takeichi S. Forensic Sci. Int. 2000; 112(1): 65-71.

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, 259-1193, Kanagawa, Japan. saito@is.icc.u-tokai.ac.jp

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10882832

Abstract

A 30-year-old male truck driver, known to be asthmatic, was found dead at the roadside lying near his car. A nebulizer bottle of Berotec (fenoterol hydrobromide) was found near his hand. The anatomic cause of death was suspected to be asthma. Toxicological screening of urine using Triage demonstrated the presence of methamphetamine. The blood concentration of methamphetamine was 0.4 microg/ml, and fenoterol was not detected. Hair analysis clearly indicated chronic methamphetamine abuse and medium dependency during the 2 months before death. We conclude that death might have been induced by the interaction of fenoterol and methamphetamine.

Language: en