TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Fatal α-PVP and amphetamine poisoning during a sauna and autoerotic practices
JO  - Forensic science, medicine, and pathology
A1  - Lunetta, Philippe
A1  - Kriikku, Pirkko
A1  - Tikka, Julius
A1  - Ojanperä, Ilkka
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - We describe the sudden death of a middle-aged man while having a sauna under the influence of α-pyrrolidinovalerophenone (α-PVP) (PM blood concentration: 0.8 mg/L), amphetamine (0.34 mg/L), and other drugs (buprenorphine, benzodiazepines), and engaging in solitary sexual activities. The drugs' effects on the cardio-circulatory system and on body thermoregulation combined with the high temperatures are likely to have been central mechanisms leading to death. The high levels of adrenaline triggered by sexual arousal and the respiratory depression caused by buprenorphine, in association with benzodiazepines, may have also contributed to his death. This previously unreported type of accidental autoerotic death illustrates the risk of using amphetamine-like sympathomimetic drugs (e.g. cathinone derivates) in hot environments such as a sauna, and during sexual activities therein.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1547-769X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12024-020-00236-1
ID  - ref1
ER  -