DEATH DUE TO MASSIVE OVERDOSE OF MEPROBAMATE
ISADORE KAMIN M.D.1, and
DONALD A. SHASKAN M.D.
1 The Veterans Administration Regional Office Mental Hygiene Clinic, San Francisco 3, Calif.
This is the description of a case of acute meprobamate intoxication due to the ingestion of 47.6 grams of the drug with fatal outcome. We wish to emphasize that meprobamate should be used with the same careful consideration that any therapeutic agent deserves.
