Fatal α-PVP and amphetamine poisoning during a sauna and autoerotic practices
| Autor: | Pirkko Kriikku, Philippe Lunetta, Ilkka Ojanperä, Julius Tikka |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Medicum, Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Helsinki |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Male
Pyrrolidines DEATHS Cathinone Substance-Related Disorders Sexual arousal Poison control Case Report alpha-PVP Sudden death α-PVP Designer Drugs Steam Bath Pathology and Forensic Medicine Benzodiazepines 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Injury prevention medicine Humans Hyperthermia EXPOSURE 030216 legal & forensic medicine Amphetamine Contraction band necrosis BATH SALTS business.industry 319 Forensic science and other medical sciences General Medicine Middle Aged Buprenorphine Masturbation 3. Good health CATHINONES Anesthesia Autoerotic death Respiratory Insufficiency business Sauna 030217 neurology & neurosurgery medicine.drug Bath salts |
| Zdroj: | Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology |
| Popis: | We describe the sudden death of a middle-aged man while having a sauna under the influence of α-pyrrolidinovalerophenone (α-PVP) (PM blood concentration: 0.8 mg/L), amphetamine (0.34 mg/L), and other drugs (buprenorphine, benzodiazepines), and engaging in solitary sexual activities. The drugs’ effects on the cardio-circulatory system and on body thermoregulation combined with the high temperatures are likely to have been central mechanisms leading to death. The high levels of adrenaline triggered by sexual arousal and the respiratory depression caused by buprenorphine, in association with benzodiazepines, may have also contributed to his death. This previously unreported type of accidental autoerotic death illustrates the risk of using amphetamine-like sympathomimetic drugs (e.g. cathinone derivates) in hot environments such as a sauna, and during sexual activities therein. |
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