Successful Suicides With Thioridazine and Mesoridazine
- 1 August 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of General Psychiatry
- Vol. 34 (8), 955-957
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1977.01770200093012
Abstract
• Five cases of successful suicides from thioridazine and mesoridazine occurred. The clinical course and management are outlined. A sixth case of reversible total heart block associated with thioridazine is presented giving further evidence that the deaths from overdose probably resulted from drug cardiotoxicity.Keywords
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