Levamisole as an adulterant in a cocaine overdose fatality

Duflou, Johan A; Brouwer, Issabella G; Darke, Shane

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03719.x

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To the Editor: We present a case of fatal cocaine overdose in which the drug was contaminated with levamisole, a therapeutic agent known to cause reversible agranulocytosis.

1 Department of Forensic Medicine, Sydney South West Area Health Service, Sydney, NSW.
2 National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.

Correspondence: jo.duflou@sswahs.nsw.gov.au

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