Przeglad lekarski 2001-01-01

[Two complex suicidal poisonings with drugs and their medicolegal aspects].

M Kłys, E Skupień, B Bujak-Gizycka, B Latacz

Index: Prz. Lek. 58(4) , 344-7, (2001)

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Abstract

The main subject of the study was a toxicological investigation of biological specimens coming from two cases of intoxication with mixture of drugs. Two young people decided to commit suicide by the use of mixture of drugs mainly analgesic in approximately equal doses. For one person the dose of drugs administered turned out to be fatal while second person survived with the symptoms of acute intoxication. The analysis carried out with the use of liquid chromatographic method with mass detection (HPLC/MS) confirmed the presence of mixture of drugs in blood of living person and in postmortem specimens of the victim in significant concentrations. The toxicological findings have delivered information for discussion in medico-legal and ethical aspects.