| Literature DB >> 23395525 |
William P Tormey, Muna Sabah, Tara M Moore.
Abstract
Acute haemorrhagic necrotising pancreatitis lead to the death at home of a young female who was on a methadone maintenance programme. Toxic levels of codeine with potentially lethal levels of methadone and morphine were found at post-mortem. Whether opiates caused the pancreatitis or were the consequence of self-medication for pain is impossible to differentiate. Forensic toxicology may pose the question but be unable to provide the answer.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID： 23395525 DOI： 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.01.020
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Forensic Sci Int ISSN： 0379-0738 Impact factor: 2.395