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A reported case involving impaired driving following self-administration of xylazine
1Toxicology Unit, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, 2132 NE, 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73111, USA. matts@osbi.state.ok.us
Forensic Science International
|July 5, 2003
Abstract:
A case of suspected drug-impaired driving involving self-administration of xylazine (Xyla-Ject), a veterinary tranquilizing agent, and paroxetine is presented. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of xylazine and paroxetine were performed by gas chromatography with a flame-ionization detector (GC-FID) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Whole blood xylazine and paroxetine concentrations were 0.57 and 0.02 microg/ml, respectively.