期刊
DRUG TESTING AND ANALYSIS
卷 14, 期 10, 页码 1696-1702出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/dta.3347
关键词
buprenorphine-related death; glucuronide; naloxone; norbuprenorphine; urine
资金
- Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies
- Orion Research Foundation
Quantitative analysis of postmortem urine, rather than blood, may provide additional evidence for the diagnosis of fatal buprenorphine poisoning. This study found that urinary concentrations and metabolite ratios were significantly different between the buprenorphine poisoning and other causes of death groups, with higher concentrations and lower ratios observed in poisonings. Naloxone-related concentrations and ratios did not show significant differences between the groups.
Quantitative analysis of postmortem urine, instead of blood, for buprenorphine and metabolites may provide additional evidence for the diagnosis of fatal buprenorphine poisoning. In this study, 247 autopsy urine samples, previously testing positive for buprenorphine or norbuprenorphine, were quantitatively reanalysed with a recently developed liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method for unconjugated buprenorphine (BUP), norbuprenorphine (NBUP), naloxone (NAL), and their respective conjugated metabolites, buprenorphine glucuronide (BUPG), norbuprenorphine glucuronide (NBUPG), and naloxone glucuronide (NALG). The cases were divided, according to medical examiners' decision, to buprenorphine poisonings and other causes of death. The groups were compared for urinary concentrations and metabolite concentration ratios of the six analytes. All median concentrations were higher in the buprenorphine poisoning group. The median concentration of BUPG was significantly higher and the median metabolite ratios NBUP/BUP, NBUPG/BUPG, and NBUPtotal/BUPtotal were significantly lower in poisonings than in other causes of death. Naloxone-related concentrations and ratios were not significantly different between the groups.
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