Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
September 1, 2024
Kyoko Hasuwa, Noboru Inoue, Shuhei Tamura et al.
Dextromethorphan (DXM) is an over-the-counter antitussive that is commonly used worldwide. Recently, DXM has become popular among young individuals because of its euphoric, hallucinogenic, and dissociative properties. Despite an increasing number of patients with DXM addiction, fatal cases of DXM poisoning are rare, and patients with fatalities often ingest DXM along with other drugs. Here, we...
Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
November 2023
Yanxia Peng, Yihang Wang, Linlin Liu et al.
Combined methamphetamine (MA) and ketamine (KET) abuse is a serious issue. At present, however, few studies have explored the mechanism underlying their combined addiction. We established a rat conditioned place preference (CPP) model. We investigated the role of dopamine (DA), 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), monoamine oxidase (MAO), glutamate receptor 1 (GluR1), and glutamate receptor 2 (GluR2) in...
Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
September 1, 2015
Keiko Kudo, Yosuke Usumoto, Ruri Kikura-Hanajiri et al.
A woman in her thirties was found dead on a bed. Considerable amounts of "aroma liquid" and "bath salt" products and hypnotic drug tablets were scattered beside the bed. Autopsy showed pulmonary congestion and edema. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) analyses of "aroma liquid" and "bath salt" products showed the presence of new...
Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
November 2009
Rie Sano, Toshikazu Hasuike, Minoru Nakano et al.
A 39-year-old woman collapsed after oral intake of 3,4-methylenedioxymethyl-amphetamine (MDMA, "ecstasy"). After ingestion of the drug, she had felt persistent discomfort in her anterior chest area, and lost consciousness for a few minutes on the following morning. She was transported to a hospital and died seven days after collapse. A serum sample obtained on admission revealed an MDMA...
Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
July 2007
Małgorzata Kłys, Sebastian Rojek, Krzysztof Woźniak et al.
Drugs of abuse belonging to the amphetamine derivatives, which are often taken by adolescents and young adults, pose a serious risk associated with uncontrolled ingestion that sometimes leads to fatal outcomes. The number of deaths, however, related to Ecstasy is small when compared to the frequency of its use. The report presents a fatal poisoning with MDMA--Ecstasy of a 22-year-old male with...