Journal of the Indian Society of Toxicology
  • Year: 2008
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 1

Death due to butorphanol ingestion: A case report

  • Author:
  • EJ Rodrigues1,, PV Rataboli2, Domnic Lobo3
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 39 to 40

1Dept of Forensic Medicine, Goa Medical College, Bambolim, Goa.

2Dept of Pharmacology, Goa Medical College, Bambolim, Goa.

3Dept of Biochemistry, Goa Medical College, Bambolim, Goa.

Dept of Pathology, Goa Medical College, Bambolim, Goa.

*(Author for correspondence): E-mail: ejrrod2003@yahoo.co.in

Abstract

Butorphanol poisoning is not common. A case is presented of ingestion of toxic dose of butorphanol, which proved fatal in a young adult. Although the exact amount ingested could not be ascertained, the circumstances and observations pointed clearly to death due to overdose by butorphanol.

Keywords

Butorphanol