A Case of Suicidal Attempt with Chlorantraniliprole

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  • Ambarish Bhattacharya
     Department of Medicine, Charnock Hospital, Kolkata-700157, West Bengal
  • Kaushik Ghosh
     Department of Medicine, Murshidabad Medical College, Berhampore - 742101, West Bengal
  • Sisir Chakraborty
     Department of Medicine, College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital, Kolkata-700058, West Bengal
  • Rajdip Hazra
     Department of Anaesthesiology, Nilratan Sircar Medical College, Kolkata-700014, West Bengal
  • Susmita Ghosh
     Department of Anaesthesiology, Murshidabad Medical College, Berhampore - 742101, West Bengal

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https://doi.org/10.22506/ti/2015/v22/i2/137674

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Chlorantraniliprole, Intubation, Poisoning.

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Volume 22, Issue 2, May-August 2015 || Case Report

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Bhattacharya, A., Ghosh, K., Chakraborty, S., Hazra, R., & Ghosh, S. (2015). A Case of Suicidal Attempt with Chlorantraniliprole. Toxicology International (Formerly Indian Journal of Toxicology), 22(2), 113–115. https://doi.org/10.22506/ti/2015/v22/i2/137674
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A desperate man will do just about anything! and in this desperation to end his life he would take recourse to whatever means is most easily available to him. India still having a predominantly agricultural population, the most commonly used chemical for attempted suicide is Organophosphorus. A new form of insecticide called Chlorantraniliprole has been recently launched in India and soon enough we encountered a patient presenting to us with history of ingesting 1 full bottle (175ml) of the chemical. As such we would like to report the first case of self-harm using Chlorantraniliprole in this part of the world.

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