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NEW psychopharmacological drugs bring relief to many patients. However, their misuse can result in misadventures which may even be fatal. Several reports1 already document this fact, despite the wide margin of safety these drugs have. This note reports a fatal episode involving amitriptyline, another new drug in the fast growing list.
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SUNSHINE, I., BÄUMLER, J. A Fatal Case of Poisoning with Amitriptyline. Nature 199, 1103–1104 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1991103a0
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