2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.05.033
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Pregabalin concentrations in post-mortem blood—A two year study

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“…Similar findings have been found in DUID suspects [61]. Regarding fatalities after overdoses of gabapentinoids, there a number of retrospective studies from regional or national post-mortem toxicology registers in Finland [56][57][58] Sweden [30], Germany [102], and the UK [54]. The trend is that there is an increasing number of fatalities over the last 15-20 years in which gabapentinoids have been involved, mainly pregabalin.…”
Section: Risks With Abuse Of Gabapentinoidssupporting
confidence: 63%
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“…Similar findings have been found in DUID suspects [61]. Regarding fatalities after overdoses of gabapentinoids, there a number of retrospective studies from regional or national post-mortem toxicology registers in Finland [56][57][58] Sweden [30], Germany [102], and the UK [54]. The trend is that there is an increasing number of fatalities over the last 15-20 years in which gabapentinoids have been involved, mainly pregabalin.…”
Section: Risks With Abuse Of Gabapentinoidssupporting
confidence: 63%
“…There have been postmortem cases describing self-poisoning with gabapentin alone [103,104]. Pregabalin overdosing may have fatal consequences, especially if combined with opioids and sedatives [54,56,62]. In summary, overdoses of gabapentinoids alone seem to be relatively well tolerated but can be lethal if combined with other drugs of abuse, such as opioids and sedatives.…”
Section: Risks With Abuse Of Gabapentinoidsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Eighteen clinical case reports of pregabalin misuse or abuse were identified and were from the United States (Filipetto, Zipp, & Coren, 2010), Turkey (Aksakal, Bakirci, Emet, & Uzkeser, 2012; Aldemir, Altıntoprak, & Coşkunol, 2015; Sonmez, 2015; Yargic & Ozdemiroglu, 2011), Austria (Yazdi, Hemetsberger, & Baier, 2015), France (Driot et al, 2016), Greece (Papazisis, Garyfallos, Sardeli, & Kouvelas, 2013), Germany (Gahr et al, 2013; Grosshans et al, 2010; Olaizola et al, 2006; Skopp & Zimmer, 2011), Italy (Carrus & Schifano, 2012), the United Kingdom (Braga & Chidley, 2007; Wood, Berry, Glover, Eastwood, & Dargan, 2010), India (Tandon, Mahajan, Gillani, & Mahajan, 2013), Ireland (Osman & Casey, 2014), and Lebanon (Halaby, Abou Kassm, & Naja, 2015). Thirty-six publications were obtained as peer reviewed journal articles from Germany (Bonnet & Scherbaum, 2017; Gahr, Freudenmann, Kölle, & Schönfeldt-Lecuona, 2014), the United Kingdom (Baird, Fox, & Colvin, 2013; Eastwood & Davison, 2016; Kapil, Green, Le Lait, Wood, & Dargan, 2014; Loftus & Wright, 2014; Schifano et al, 2011), the United States (Papazisis & Tzachanis, 2014; Wilens, Zulauf, Ryland, Carrellas, & Catalina-Wellington, 2014; Zacny, Paice, & Coalson, 2012), Finland (Kriikku et al, 2014), Jordan (Al-Husseini et al, 2017; Wazaify, Abood, Tahaineh, & Albsoul-Younes, 2017), and Italy (Martinotti, 2012), and as reports from Germany (Cossmann, Scherbaum, & Bonnet, 2016; Freynhagen et al, 2016; Gahr et al, 2013; Grosshans et al, 2013), the United Kingdom (Asomaning et al, 2016; Millar, Sadasivan, Weatherup, & Lutton, 2013; Schifano, 2014), Sweden (Bodén, Wettermark, Brandt, & Kieler, 2014; …”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A total of 48.1% of pregabalin positive cases were associated with drug abuse and were fatal when mixed with opioids (Häkkinen et al, 2014). Most fatalities occur as a result of polydrug abuse, with high levels of up to 226 mg/L (Eastwood & Davison, 2016). Postmortem blood was analyzed by Eastwood and Davison (2016) to obtain pregabalin therapeutic concentration and fatal ranges.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Ähnliches gilt für organisch relevant vorgeschädigte Personen, bei denen auch geringere Überdosierungen fatal wirken könnten. In der forensischen Literatur werden seit 10 Jahren insbesondere bei Opiatabhängigen und Politoxikomanen vermehrt Todesfälle beschrieben, die mit einer Überdosierung mit Gabapentinen -und hier insbesondere mit Pregabalin -zusammenzuhängen scheinen [60][61][62]. Es ist nicht ausgeschlossen, dass hier die Überlappung zweier epidemiologischer Trends zum Ausdruck kommt, zum einen die erhebliche Zunahme des Opioidkonsums (v. a. opioderger Analgetika) mit damit verbundener Mortalität [63] und zum andern die zunehmende Verbreitung von Gabapentinoiden mit besonderer Affinität zur Drogenszene [47][48][49].…”
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