Deliberate self-poisoning A toxicological study

ABSTRACT

The present work was designed to detect drugs and chemicals commonly ingested by suicidal patients. This study was carried out on 100 male and female patients treated from deliberate self- poisoning. Biological samples [20 ml blood, 50 ml urine and 100 ml gastric contents] were collected from every patient. Toxicological analysis was done by enzyme multiplied immunoassay technique [EMIT] and fluorescent immunoassay system [TDX-FLX] for qualitative and quantitative detection. Thin layer chromatography [TLC] was used for the confirmation of EMIT negative results and the detection of insecticides and drugs, which can not be detected by EMIT ad TDX- FLX. From the results obtained it was concluded that the detection of drugs and chemicals used by self-poisoned patients needs more than one analytical method to give accurate results: