CASE REPORT: Strychnine Overdose Following Ingestion of Gopher Bait

Authors: Lindsey T.1; O'Hara J.2; Irvine R.2; Kerrigan S.1

Source: Journal of Analytical Toxicology, Volume 28, Number 2, March 2004 , pp. 135-137(3)

Publisher: Preston Publications

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Abstract:

A 52-year-old male was discovered supine on his bed in a state of early decomposition. Commercial strychnine-treated gopher pellets were found in the home, and suicide notes were present at the scene. Biological fluids and tissues were tested for basic, acidic, and neutral drugs using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Concentrations of strychnine in heart and femoral blood were 0.96 and 0.31 mg/L, respectively. Vitreous fluid, bile, urine, liver, and brain specimens contained 0.36 mg/L, 1.17 mg/L, 2.92 mg/L, 4.59 mg/kg, and 0.86 mg/kg strychnine, respectively. No other drugs were detected in any of the samples. The cause of death was attributed to rodenticide poisoning, and the manner of death was suicide.

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: New Mexico Department of Health, Scientific Laboratory Division, Toxicology Bureau, Albuquerque, New Mexico 2: New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator, Albuquerque, New Mexico

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