Suicide Attempt by Ingestion of Rotenone-Containing Plant Extracts in French Polynesia: A Case Report

Wilderness Environ Med. 2017 Sep;28(3):278-279. doi: 10.1016/j.wem.2017.03.017. Epub 2017 Jul 26.

Authors

R Torrents¹, B Domangé², C Schmitt³, A Boulamery², L De Haro³, N Simon¹

Affiliations

¹ APHM, Hôpitaux Sud, Pharmacologie clinique CAP-TV, Marseille, France; Aix-Marseille Université, INSERM, SESSTIM UMR 912, Marseille, France.
² APHM, Hôpitaux Sud, Pharmacologie clinique CAP-TV, Marseille, France; Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France.
³ APHM, Hôpitaux Sud, Pharmacologie clinique CAP-TV, Marseille, France.

PMID: 28754293
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2017.03.017

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / enzymology
Coma / chemically induced
Derris / poisoning*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Plant Extracts / poisoning*
Plant Poisoning
Polynesia
Respiratory Insufficiency / chemically induced
Rotenone / poisoning*
Suicide, Attempted*

Substances

Plant Extracts
Rotenone