TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - A drug fatality involving kratom
JO  - Journal of forensic sciences
A1  - Neerman, Michael F.
A1  - Frost, Randall E.
A1  - Deking, Janine
SP  - S278
EP  - 9
VL  - 58
IS  - Suppl 1
N2  - A 17-year-old white man who showed no obvious signs of trauma was found unresponsive in bed and was pronounced dead at the scene. The decedent had a documented history of heroin abuse and chronic back pain and reportedly self-medicated with Kratom (mitragynine). The autopsy was remarkable only for pulmonary congestion and edema and a distended bladder, both of which are consistent with, though not diagnostic of, opiate use. A laboratory work-up revealed therapeutic levels of over-the-counter cold medications and benzodiazepines. However, of interest was a level of mitragynine at 0.60 mg/L. Given the facts of the case, the Medical Examiner certified the cause of death as "possible Kratom toxicity" and the manner of death was classified as "accident."<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-1198
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.12009
ID  - ref1
ER  -