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A fatal case of betaxolol poisoning
F Berthault1, P Kintz, A Tracqui
1Institut de Médecine Légale, Strasbourg, France.
Journal of Analytical Toxicology
|May 1, 1997
Abstract:
We report the first case in the literature of fatal betaxolol (Kerlone) self-poisoning. After a single-step liquid-liquid alkaline extraction, betaxolol was identified by a high-performance liquid chromatographic-diode array detection screening procedure and then quantitated in cardiac blood, heart, brain, muscle, spleen, stomach contents, duodenum contents, liver, and kidney. The blood betaxolol concentration was 36 mg/L.