Rohrig T P, Prouty R W
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73117.
J Anal Toxicol. 1989 Sep-Oct;13(5):305-7. doi: 10.1093/jat/13.5.305.
A fatality due to the ingestion of fluoxetine and ethanol is reported. Quantitation of the drug and its active normetabolite was accomplished by gas chromatography with a flame ionization detector. Identification of the compounds was performed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Tissue distribution of fluoxetine and norfluoxetine, as well as analytical details, is presented.