A fatality involving secobarbital, nitrazepam, and codeine

Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 1989 Jun;10(2):130-3. doi: 10.1097/00000433-198906000-00007.

Abstract

A fatal case involving the suicidal ingestion of secobarbital, nitrazepam, and codeine is presented. The drugs were quantified using gas chromatography for codeine and high-performance liquid chromatography for the two other drugs. The blood concentrations of secobarbital, nitrazepam, and codeine were found to be 11.48, 1.72, and 0.036 microgram/ml, respectively. Results are discussed in the light of the existing literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adipose Tissue / analysis
  • Adult
  • Brain Chemistry
  • Chromatography, Gas
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Codeine / analysis
  • Codeine / blood
  • Codeine / poisoning*
  • Humans
  • Liver / analysis
  • Male
  • Nitrazepam / analysis
  • Nitrazepam / blood
  • Nitrazepam / poisoning*
  • Secobarbital / analysis
  • Secobarbital / blood
  • Secobarbital / poisoning*
  • Suicide*

Substances

  • Secobarbital
  • Nitrazepam
  • Codeine