Hair Analysis of Methoxphenidine in a Forensic Chemsex Case.
Journal of analytical toxicology March 21, 2022 Ruben Goncalves, Nadege Castaing, Karine Titier et al. 9 citations
A 55-year-old man died at home after a chemsex party. Toxicological analysis found high concentrations of the dissociative anesthetic methoxphenidine (MXP) in his femoral blood (606 µg/L), cardiac blood (254 µg/L), and hair (13 ng/mg). Traces of 3-methylmethcathinone (3-MMC) were also detected. Other drug concentrations were consistent with living subjects. This case highlights the risk of MXP poisoning during chemsex and underscores the need to include new psychoactive substances in postmortem toxicology screening.