Ropinirole involved in a fatal case: blood and urinary concentrations
ConclusionsThere were no obvious signs of overdose, and the high cardiac/peripheral blood ratio suggested that postmortem redistribution may have occurred, but the peripheral blood ropinirole concentration (100 ng/mL) was obviously higher than that reported in the previous fatal case of ropinirole poisoning (64 ng/mL). Based on these results, the cause of death in this case was considered to be shock and fatal arrhythmia due to ropinirole poisoning. Th is case provides important data on postmortem blood and urinary levels of ropinirole poisoning.
Source: Forensic Toxicology - Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research
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