@article{ref1,
title="An autopsy case of poisoning by neuropsychopharmaceuticals including zopiclone",
journal="Nippon Hoigaku Zasshi",
year="1998",
author="Yamazaki, M. and Terada, M. and Mitsukuni, Y. and Yoshimura, M.",
volume="52",
number="4",
pages="245-252",
abstract="We report here a suicide case involving neuropsychopharmaceuticals. The deceased was a 30-year-old housewife, 151 cm in height and 46.0 kg in weight. Macroscopically, slight lung congestion and edema and slight brain edema were noted. The stomach contained approximately 200 ml of a greenish-brown material with many solid granules. Toxicological analysis demonstrated 44.9 micrograms/ml of zopiclone (ZP), 12.8 micrograms/ml of phenobarbital (PB), 10.9 micrograms/ml of chlorpromazine (CPZ), and 4.8 micrograms/ml of promethazine (PM) in the gastric contents; 0.5 microgram/ml of ZP, 8.6 micrograms/ml of PB, 0.2 microgram/ml of CPZ, and 0.3 microgram/ml of PM in the serum; and 43.0 micrograms/ml of ZP, 8.1 micrograms/ml of PB, 1.3 micrograms/ml of CPZ, and 1.3 micrograms/ml of PM in the urine. On the basis of these findings, the cause of death was considered to be neuropsychopharmaceutical poisoning; ZP was most probably responsible for her death.<p /><p>Language: ja</p>",
language="ja",
issn="0047-1887",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}