Fatal overdose with trazodone: case report and literature review.

de Meester, A;Carbutti, G;Gabriel, Laurence;Jacques, J M
(2010) Acta Clinica Belgica — Vol. 56, n° 4, p. 258-261 (2021)

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  • de Meester, A
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  • Carbutti, G
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  • Gabriel, LaurenceUCLouvain
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  • Jacques, J M
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A fatal case of suicide with trazodone alone in a 40-year-old patient is reported. Life-threatening arrhythmias, such as torsades de pointes and complete AV block, are recorded. Blood collected at admission contained a trazodone toxic concentration of 25.4 micrograms/mL. The patient developed multiple organ failure and died less than 24 hours after his admission to the emergency department. The authors discuss the effects of overdose of trazodone, a well-known safe antidepressant drug.
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de Meester, A., Carbutti, G., Gabriel, L., & Jacques, J. M. (2010). Fatal overdose with trazodone: case report and literature review. Acta Clinica Belgica, 56(4), 258-261. https://doi.org/10.1179/acb.2001.038 (Original work published 2021)