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| Title |
A non-fatal intoxication and seven deaths involving the dissociative drug 3-MeO-PCP
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| Published in |
Forensic Science International, March 2017
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.forsciint.2017.02.034 |
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| Authors |
Anna Johansson, Daniel Lindstedt, Markus Roman, Gunilla Thelander, Elisabet I. Nielsen, Ulrica Lennborn, Håkan Sandler, Sten Rubertsson, Johan Ahlner, Robert Kronstrand, Fredrik C. Kugelberg |
| Abstract |
3-methoxyphencyclidine (3-MeO-PCP) appeared on the illicit drug market in 2011 and is an analogue of phencyclidine, which exhibits anesthetic, analgesic and hallucinogenic properties. In this paper, we report data from a non-fatal intoxication and seven deaths involving 3-MeO-PCP in Sweden during the period March 2014 until June 2016. The non-fatal intoxication case, a 19-year-old male with drug problems and a medical history of depression, was found awake but tachycardic, hypertensive, tachypnoeic and catatonic at home. After being hospitalized, his condition worsened as he developed a fever and lactic acidosis concomitant with psychomotor agitation and hallucinations. After 22h of intensive care, the patient had made a complete recovery. During his hospitalization, a total of four blood samples were collected at different time points. The seven autopsy cases, six males and one female, were all in their twenties to thirties with psychiatric problems and/or an ongoing drug abuse. 3-MeO-PCP was identified with liquid chromatography (LC)/time-of-flight technology and quantified using LC-tandem mass spectrometry. In the clinical case, the concentration of 3-MeO-PCP was 0.14μg/g at admission, 0.08μg/g 2.5h after admission, 0.06μg/g 5h after admission and 0.04μg/g 17h after admission. The half-life of 3-MeO-PCP was estimated to 11h. In the autopsy cases, femoral blood concentrations ranged from 0.05μg/g to 0.38μg/g. 3-MeO-PCP was the sole finding in the case with the highest concentration and the cause of death was established as intoxication with 3-MeO-PCP. In the remaining six autopsy cases, other medications and drugs of abuse were present as well. Despite being scheduled in January 2015, 3-MeO-PCP continues to be abused in Sweden. Exposure to 3-MeO-PCP may cause severe adverse events and even death, especially if the user does not receive life-supporting treatment. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Spain | 1 | 25% |
| India | 1 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Scientists | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 61 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 61 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 11% |
| Researcher | 7 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 10% |
| Other | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 7 | 11% |
| Unknown | 22 | 36% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 13 | 21% |
| Chemistry | 7 | 11% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 4 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 7% |
| Psychology | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 7 | 11% |
| Unknown | 23 | 38% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 April 2021.
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#6,334,439
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Outputs from Forensic Science International
#992
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Outputs of similar age
#94,531
of 321,098 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Forensic Science International
#11
of 56 outputs
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