Unintentional drowning: Role of medicinal drugs and alcohol

BMC Public Health

Table 6 Unintentional drowning, 2000–2009: the 10 most commonly found psychotropic drugs in victims aged 15 years or older

ATC code/group	Drug	Unintentional drowning victims (n)*
N05BA16/−	desmethyldiazepam**	210
N05BA01/anxiolytic	diazepam	156
N05BA04/anxiolytic	oxazepam	110
N05CD07/anxiolytic	temazepam	99
N06AB04/antidepressant	citalopram	62
N05BA02/anxiolytic	chlordiazepoxide	40
N03AF01/antiepilectic	carbamazepine	30
N05BA12/anxiolytic	alprazolam	18
N05CF01/hypnotic and sedative	zopiclone	18
N06AA09/antidepressant	amitriptyline	16

^*Some drowning victims were positive for more than one drug, because the number of drugs found was greater than the number of drug-positive cases
^**metabolite of diazepam and chlordiazepoxide

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