1. Tissue Distribution of Xylazine in a Suicide by Hanging.
- Author
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Moore, Karla A., Ripple, Mary G., Sakinedzad, Saffia, Levine, Barry, and Fowler, David R.
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TOXICITY testing , *XYLAZINE , *URINALYSIS , *BLOOD testing , *MASS spectrometry - Abstract
Cites findings of a toxicological testing conducted on sedative-analgesic xylazine which is used in veterinary medicine after cases of xylazine's involvement in human drug-related deaths and impairment were observed. Medical history of the 42-year-old man who died after taking the medication; Details of methodology adopted by researchers to detect xylazine in blood of the patient; Revelation that full scan electron ionization gas chromatography-mass spectrometry confirmed presence of xylazine in the patient.
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- 2003