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CHLOROQUINE SUICIDE
Author(s) -
WILKEY I. S.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1973.tb118066.x
Subject(s) - chloroquine , drug overdose , medicine , medical emergency , resuscitation , poison control , cause of death , psychiatry , emergency medicine , malaria , pathology , disease
Four cases of death following an oral overdose of chloroquine are described. It is probable that suicide or a suicidal gesture was the reason for the overdose in these cases. In three cases death followed rapidly after the overdose; in the fourth, death was delayed by attempts at resuscitation. The amount of chloroquine ingested by each person is not known.