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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

Nahar LK, Murphy KG, Paterson S

Misuse and Mortality Related to Gabapentin and Pregabalin are Being Under-Estimated: A Two-Year Post-Mortem Population Study.

Journal of analytical toxicology 2019 Aug 23;43;564-570 — 2019 Aug 23 — 564-570