IDENTIFICATION OF FAMPROFAZONE INGESTION

After a traffic accident a 32-year-old man was suspected of having pre viously taken an illegal drug. An immunochemical screening procedure r evealed positive results for amphetamines in both urine and blood samp les. The preliminary test was confirmed by GC/MS and both amphetamine and methamphetamine were found in both body fluids. However, the man d enied any use of drugs but claimed to have taken four tablets of Gewod in. One of the ingredients, famprofazone, undergoes metabolic conversi on to amphetamine and methamphetamine. Using GC/MS the ingestion of fa mprofazone was verified by identification of the unchanged parent comp ound in the urine sample.