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Parasuicide by self-injection of an organophosphate insecticide
R Premaratna1, Y Tilakarathna, M M Fonseka
1Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama, Sri Lanka.
Human & Experimental Toxicology
|September 4, 2001
Abstract:
Parasuicide by ingestion of organophosphate (OP) insecticides is common in Sri Lanka, but the use of the parateral route to self administer the poison is extremely rare. We report a patient who deliberately injected herself intramuscularly with an OP compound with suicidal intent. The clinical manifestations of OP poisoning were unpredictable and posed a therapeutic problem.