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Kerryn Crump

Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, 65 Kavanagh Street, Southbank, Victoria 3006, Australia.

1 paper in the library · 9 citations · publishing 2023

Papers

Fatal Intoxications from a Combination of 4-Fluoroamphetamine and 25C-NBOMe.

Journal of analytical toxicology March 21, 2023 Dimitri Gerostamoulos, Linda Glowacki, Maria Pricone et al. 9 citations

Over nine months, six deaths involved the combination of two new psychoactive substances: 4-fluoroamphetamine (4FA) and 25C-NBOMe. Four deaths were directly caused by the drugs' adverse effects, one resulted from a fall while intoxicated, and one occurred during restraint. In the four direct drug-caused fatalities, postmortem blood concentrations ranged from 330 to 682 ng/L for 4FA and 1.4 to 12 ng/mL for 25C-NBOMe. None of the cases showed concentrations suggesting high recreational doses. Other drugs were present in most cases, but the two substances together were considered the primary triggers. Agitation or aggression preceded collapse in two cases, and seizures possibly occurred in three.