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James C. Garriott

Researcher at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Publications -  25
Citations -  769

James C. Garriott is an academic researcher from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Drug detection. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 25 publications receiving 754 citations.

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CA SE REPORT"m Five Cases of Fatal Overdose from Caffeine-Containing "Look-Alike" Drugs

TL;DR: In this article, five cases of death from ingestion of look-alike dose forms are reported, three of the cases had taken caffeine/ephedrine combinations, and two had only taken caffeine only.
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Five cases of fatal overdose from caffeine-containing "look-alike" drugs

TL;DR: Five cases of death from ingestion of "look-alike" dose forms are reported, which are widely used non-prescription drugs sold as appetite suppressants or stimulants.
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Cocaine-related death.

TL;DR: This report documents nine cases of death associated with cocaine use; in three of these cocaine appears to be causative, and cocaine should be considered in serious drug overdose-reactions, especially after illicit injection.
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Skeletal muscle as an alternative specimen for alcohol and drug analysis.

TL;DR: In a random group of medical examiner cases, muscle tissue, as well as blood and vitreous humor, was analyzed for ethyl alcohol, and the results were compared, proposing that this ratio is dependent upon the time course of absorption and distribution, as has been observed for vitreOUS humor, but with a more rapid equilibration.
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Four deaths resulting from abuse of nitrous oxide.

TL;DR: Nitrous oxide is a weak anesthetic gas, used alone for dental work and as an adjunct to more potent anesthetics in major surgical procedures.