The Drug-Induced Respiratory Disease Website
Can be intentional, deliberate, inadvertent, by mistake, or by proxy. Sudden or delayed. See also under XI r/s. Death may occur from overdose, poisoning, intoxication, asphyxia, arrhythmia or CPA. Acute coronary event or be qualified as 'sudden cardiac death'. Laboratory evaluation and forensic measurements of drug(s) and substance(s) of interest on blood or tissue samples at/from autopsy is indicated in any unexplained death (PMID 24365689). See also under XIr. Fatal blood and tissue concentrations of 200+ drugs on PMID 15172079
Publications
Methadone overdose in patients following methadone mainte- nance treatment:A three years overview in the district of Bari (South-Italy).
La Clinica terapeutica 2021 May 05;172;247-249 — 2021 May 05 — 247-249
Therapeutic and recreational methadone cardiotoxicity.
Journal of forensic and legal medicine 2016 Apr;39;80-4 — 2016 Apr — 80-4
Evaluation of poly-drug use in methadone-related fatalities using segmental hair analysis.
Forensic science international 2015 Mar;248;134-9 — 2015 Mar — 134-9
Prognostic factors in acute methadone toxicity: a 5-year study.
Journal of toxicology 2014;2014;341826 — 2014 — 341826
Winklhofer S, Surer E, Ampanozi G, Ruder T, Stolzmann P, Elliott M, Oestreich A, Kraemer T, Thali M, Alkadhi H, Schweitzer W
Post-mortem whole body computed tomography of opioid (heroin and methadone) fatalities: frequent findings and comparison to autopsy.
European radiology 2014 Jun;24;1276-82 — 2014 Jun — 1276-82
Contributing factors to methadone-related deaths in Ontario.
The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology 2010 Dec;31;313-9 — 2010 Dec — 313-9