Abstract
Suicide by the intravenous self-administration of an overdose of therapeutic drugs has been rarely reported in the literature. All such cases to date have involved the use of short-acting barbiturates normally used in the induction of anesthesia; the victims have been either medical or paramedical personnel [1–3]. To our knowledge, the present case represents the first report of the suicidal intravenous self-administration of a veterinary euthanasia agent.
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