Fatal overdose of olanzepine

Forensic Sci Int. 1998 Feb 16;91(3):231-5. doi: 10.1016/s0379-0738(97)00195-3.

Abstract

An ingestion of an unknown quantity of Zyprexa (olanzapine) tablets in a suicide is described. Biological fluid samples obtained at autopsy were analyzed for the presence of olanzapine by gas chromatography equipped with nitrogen-phosphorous detector and gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy. The blood concentration of olanzapine was 490 micrograms/dl and the concentration in gastric contents was 4100 micrograms/dl.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antipsychotic Agents / blood
  • Antipsychotic Agents / poisoning*
  • Benzodiazepines
  • Blood Chemical Analysis
  • Drug Overdose
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
  • Gastric Juice / chemistry
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Olanzapine
  • Pirenzepine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Pirenzepine / blood
  • Pirenzepine / poisoning
  • Suicide

Substances

  • Antipsychotic Agents
  • Benzodiazepines
  • Pirenzepine
  • Olanzapine