%0 Journal Article %T Attempted suicide with acepromazine maleate: a case report %J Veterinary and human toxicology %D 1985 %A Clutton, R. E. %V 27 %N 5 %P 391-391 %X 1.25 g acepromazine maleate was consumed by a young woman in an unsuccessful suicide attempt. The drug is used extensively as an anesthetic premedication in veterinary practice. The woman had worked as a lay veterinary assistant. The clinical signs of toxicity were in part consistent with phenothiazine over-dosage in the human and were inconsistent with signs usually observed in animals.

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