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  • Title: GC/MS determination of zolpidem in postmortem specimens in a voluntary intoxication.
    Author: Keller T, Schneider A, Tutsch-Bauer E.
    Journal: Forensic Sci Int; 1999 Dec 06; 106(2):103-8. PubMed ID: 10664896.
    Abstract:
    An ingestion of an unknown quantity of Ivadal (zolpidem) tablets in a case of drug abuse is described. The authors report a new and fast method of analysing and determining the zolpidem concentration in postmortem specimens. Quantitation of zolpidem was performed by ethyl acetate extraction from alkalinized body fluids before GC/MS analysis. The analyses were performed without any complex sample clean-up steps and with little sample material. Postmortem concentrations of zolpidem in body fluids are given. The proposed method is a rapid procedure of analysis in cases of deliberate poisoning with the sedative-hypnotic drug, zolpidem.
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