Suicidal Death by Nicotine Poisoning
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Nicotine is a water-soluble alkaloid extracted from tobacco plants, and most frequentlyencountered in snuff, chewing tobacco, cigarettes, cigars and pipe tobacco orin a limited number of pesticides. Nicotine overdose or poisoning might be serious orfatal and lead to death; caused by cardiovascular arrest, respiratory muscle paralysis,and/or central respiratory failure due to its toxic effect. Suicide by nicotine ingestionhas been rarely reported due to emetic response. We present a case of suicidal nicotinepoisoning. A 56-year-old man was found dead and the postmortem examinationrevealed no injury or disease. We confirmed a high concentration of nicotine in thetoxicological test. Through scene investigation, we determined this case as a suicidalnicotine poisoning.
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Nicotine is a water-soluble alkaloid extracted from tobacco plants, and most frequentlyencountered in snuff, chewing tobacco, cigarettes, cigars and pipe tobacco orin a limited number of pesticides. Nicotine overdose or poisoning might be serious orfatal and lead to death; caused by cardiovascular arrest, respiratory muscle paralysis,and/or central respiratory failure due to its toxic effect. Suicide by nicotine ingestionhas been rarely reported due to emetic response. We present a case of suicidal nicotinepoisoning. A 56-year-old man was found dead and the postmortem examinationrevealed no injury or disease. We confirmed a high concentration of nicotine in thetoxicological test. Through scene investigation, we determined this case as a suicidalnicotine poisoning.
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