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Suicide by captopril overdose.

H Park1, G V Purnell, H G Mirchandani.   

Abstract

We report a case of a 75 year-old male who committed suicide by taking an overdose of captopril. He took approximately ninety 12.5 mg captopril tablets. The postmortem plasma concentration of captopril was 60.4 mg/L. A review of the medical literature revealed five cases of captopril overdose all from unsuccessful suicide attempts. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of fatal captopril overdose with the measurement of plasma concentration of the drug.

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Year:  1990        PMID: 2231837     DOI: 10.3109/15563659008994439

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Toxicol Clin Toxicol        ISSN: 0731-3810


  2 in total

1.  Rapid onset of haemodynamic effects after angiotensin converting enzyme-inhibitor overdose: implications for initial patient triage.

Authors:  C Lucas; G A Christie; W S Waring
Journal:  Emerg Med J       Date:  2006-11       Impact factor: 2.740

2.  Redefining the ACE-inhibitor dose-response relationship: substantial blood pressure lowering after massive doses.

Authors:  G A Christie; C Lucas; D N Bateman; W S Waring
Journal:  Eur J Clin Pharmacol       Date:  2006-11-07       Impact factor: 2.953

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