Authors: Hood I; Monforte J; Gault R; Mirchandani H
Abstract: Phendimetrazine is an anorectic agent which recently has been detected in three medical examiner's cases. In one instance death was attributed to this drug. Methods of detecting and identifying this drug in urine and blood are discussed. In the one instance where death was attributed to this substance, the blood concentration was 300 ng/ml.
Keywords: Adult; Amphetamine; Central Nervous System Stimulants/*poisoning; Chemical Phenomena; Chemistry; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Humans; Immunoenzyme Techniques; Male; Methamphetamine; Morpholines/analysis/*poisoning; Phenmetrazine; *Substance-Related Disorders
Journal: Journal of toxicology. Clinical toxicology Volume: 26 Issue: 3-4 Pages: 249-55 Date: Jan. 1, 1988 PMID: 2901497 |
Hood I, Monforte J, Gault R, Mirchandani H (1988) Fatality from illicit phendimetrazine use. Journal of toxicology. Clinical toxicology 26: 249-55.
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