Carlos García Caballero, Virginia González del Campo Rollán, María Antonia Martínez González
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A case of suicide by nitrites ingestion is reported: a young woman was found death into a car with various objetcs around her, such as a white powder bag labelled as «sodium nitrite» and pills of lorazepam, acetaminophen and metoclopramide. The autopsy revealed signs compatible with methemoglobinemia and samples of blood, vitreous and gastric content were submitted to the Drugs Service of the National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences in Madrid, as well as the powder bag, the pills and other objects. The white powder was identified as sodium nitrite, and nitrites concentrations similar to other fatalities were detected in biological samples. The methemoglobin level was 80%. The existence of websites where suicide with nitrites and metoclopramide is described step-by-step, joined to the increasement of reports about these fatalities, alert us to a possible trend.
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