| Title | A fatality involving metaxalone. |
| Author(s) | Moore KA, Levine B, Fowler D |
| Institution | Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, State of Maryland, 111 Penn St., Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. kamoore2@juno.com |
| Source | Forensic Sci Int 2005 May 10; 149(2-3):249-51. |
| MeSH | Amines
Analgesics
Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids
Female
Humans
Liver
Middle Aged
Muscle Relaxants, Central
Oxazolidinones
Suicide
gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
|
| Abstract | A case is presented of a 54-year-old white female found dead in a secured apartment. Postmortem toxicologic analysis of the heart blood identified acetaminophen (97 mg/L), citalopram (0.4 mg/L), gabapentin (24 mg/L) and metaxalone (21 mg/L). The metaxalone concentration is within the range of previously reported fatalities involving metaxalone. The medical examiner ruled that the cause of death was metaxalone and gabapentin intoxication and the manner of death was suicide. |
| Language | eng |
| Pub Type(s) | Case Reports
Journal Article
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| PubMed ID | 15749367 |
