TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Two cases of diphenhydramine related suicide
JO  - Japanese journal of toxicology
A1  - Yonemitsu, K.
A1  - Koreeda, Ako
A1  - Kohmatsu, Hiroe
A1  - Ohtsu, Yuki
A1  - Mimasaka, Sohtaro
A1  - Tsunenari, S.
SP  - 137
EP  - 140
VL  - 20
IS  - 2
N2  - Two suicidal cases associated with ingestion of diphenhydramine (DPH) were reported. Case 1 is a typical DPH overdose case of a young man with the blood DPH concentration of 12.2 microg/ mL. Case 2 is a double suicide of a man and a woman. They ingested DPH and fell asleep in a vehicle which had a cooking clay charcoal stove. Their blood DPH concentrations were 0.4 and 0.7 microg/mL, which were high enough to make them sleep. Their cause of death, however, was carbon monoxide poisoning with blood CO-Hb concentration of 14 and 19%. DPH is a low toxic agent and is available as an OTC drug in Japan. Similar fatal cases can be expected to happen in Japan.<p />  <p>Language: ja</p>
LA  - ja
SN  - 0914-3777
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -