1. Metaxalone (Skelaxin®)-Related Death.
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Poklis, Justin L., Ropero-Miller, Jeri D., Garside, Diana, and Winecker, Ruth E.
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CENTRAL nervous system depressants , *DRUG overdose , *MORTALITY , *BLOOD testing , *CHROMATOGRAPHIC analysis , *MEDICAL research - Abstract
Presents a case history and toxicological findings of a multi-drug overdose involving the central nervous system depressant metaxalone by researchers from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Use of gas-liquid chromatography with flame-ionization to detect drug concentrations; Determination on the concentrations of metaxalone in the blood; Assertion from the researchers regarding deaths where metaxalone was associated.
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- 2004
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