B1 Vertaisarvioimaton kirjoitus tieteellisessä lehdessä
Fatal α-PVP and amphetamine poisoning during a sauna and autoerotic practices
Tekijät: Lunetta Philippe, Kriikku Pirkko, Tikka Julius, Ojanperä Ilkka
Kustantaja: Springer
Julkaisuvuosi: 2020
Journal: Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology
Lehden akronyymi: FORENSIC SCI MED PAT
Vuosikerta: 16
Aloitussivu: 493
Lopetussivu: 497
Sivujen määrä: 5
ISSN: 1547-769X
eISSN: 1556-2891
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-020-00236-1
Verkko-osoite: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12024-020-00236-1
Rinnakkaistallenteen osoite: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/47083772
We describe the sudden death of a middle-aged man while having a sauna under the influence of alpha-pyrrolidinovalerophenone (alpha-PVP) (PM blood concentration: 0.8 mg/L), amphetamine (0.34 mg/L), and other drugs (buprenorphine, benzodiazepines), and engaging in solitary sexual activities. The drugs' effects on the cardio-circulatory system and on body thermoregulation combined with the high temperatures are likely to have been central mechanisms leading to death. The high levels of adrenaline triggered by sexual arousal and the respiratory depression caused by buprenorphine, in association with benzodiazepines, may have also contributed to his death. This previously unreported type of accidental autoerotic death illustrates the risk of using amphetamine-like sympathomimetic drugs (e.g. cathinone derivates) in hot environments such as a sauna, and during sexual activities therein.
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