A fatal chemsex case involving γ-butyrolactone and 4-methylethcathinone

Drug Test Anal. 2019 Sep;11(9):1465-1470. doi: 10.1002/dta.2677. Epub 2019 Jul 25.

Authors

Manuela Pellegrini¹, Giorgio Bolino², Maria Rosaria Varì¹, Raffaele Giorgetti³, Simona Pichini¹, Francesco Paolo Busardò³

Affiliations

¹ National Centre on Addiction and Doping, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
² Unit of Forensic Pathology, SAIMLAL Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
³ Section of Legal Medicine, Department of Excellence SBSP, University Politecnica delle Marche of Ancona, Ancona, Italy.

PMID: 31301212
DOI: 10.1002/dta.2677

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

4-Butyrolactone / blood
4-Butyrolactone / toxicity
4-Butyrolactone / urine
Adult
Amphetamines / blood*
Amphetamines / toxicity
Amphetamines / urine*
Autopsy
Central Nervous System Stimulants / blood*
Central Nervous System Stimulants / toxicity
Central Nervous System Stimulants / urine*
Forensic Toxicology
Humans
Hydroxybutyrates / blood*
Hydroxybutyrates / toxicity
Hydroxybutyrates / urine*
Male
Propiophenones / blood*
Propiophenones / toxicity
Propiophenones / urine*
Substance Abuse Detection

Substances

Amphetamines
Central Nervous System Stimulants
Hydroxybutyrates
Propiophenones
4-hydroxybutyric acid
4-methylethcathinone
4-Butyrolactone