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- Title
Methadone-Related Deaths in Palm Beach County.
- Authors
Wolf, Barbara C.; Lavezzi, Wendy A.; Sullivan, Linda M.; Flannagan, Lisa M.
- Abstract
Evaluates the cases investigated by the Palm Beach Medical Examiner's Office in which postmortem toxicologic studies indicated the presence of methadone over the period from 1998 to 2002 aimed at examining the role of the drug on those deaths in Palm Beach County, Florida. Use of methadone in conjuction with other prescription or illicit drugs; Identification of considerable overlap in the postmortem blood methadone concentrations among the groups; Indication that it may not be possible to establish a lethal methadone range due to some deaths occurred at methadone concentrations below the previously reported lethal ranges and presence of other drugs.
- Subjects
PALM Beach County (Fla.); FLORIDA; UNITED States; TOXICOLOGY; METHADONE treatment programs; DEATH; AUTOPSY
- Publication
Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2004, Vol 49, Issue 2, p375
- ISSN
0022-1198
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1520/JFS2003221