There seems to be some doubt about the actual cause of death in that case. It's very hard to believe that 27 alprazolam tablets alone or with alcohol would cause death. Wikipedia reports there were multiple drugs in her system but doesn't name them: "
The autopsy indicated that she died of drug overdose, most likely a combination of sedatives, other strong medicines and probably alcohol."
Other reports mention lidocaine which can be toxic at high enough doses.
It happens but it's not common, just like death from acute alcohol poisoning. It's possible but it's difficult to produce reliably.
7g of alprazolam is also an absolutely enormous dose.
One other thing is that she suffered from some medical complications like lupus which some doctors held might have facilitated ctb..
Also I actually meant 7 mg. I am extremely sorry for the gaffe on my part. It's my bad. You seem to have gone to some lengths to make some calculations on the basis of this statement. I have 0.5 mg alprax, hence calculated that all it'll take was 14 pills and maybe 2 to 3 cups of alcohol maybe red wine or something.
The case of the lady I remember was 2mg I think, but am not sure. One has to get this mg/gram thing right otherwise it doesn't make any sense, so I won't talk about it much but as you say it looks like it might be a case of ODing just on alcohol.. I'll try and see if I can fish that case out or some other one.. That'll be a better basis for discussion..
In combination with opioids I second this.
7g ( seven gram)that must be 7k pills?! afaik Alprazolam is taken in small doses of 1-2 mg ?! I'm a bit confused, do you talk about mg? But Ok if he really took 7gram then it's probably lethal.
Benzos are not generally used to OD we would read about much more cases.
You're right it was 7mg. My bad. Really sorry for the gaffe. I feel so sheepish now. Sheesh
.
In combination with opioids I second this.
7g ( seven gram)that must be 7k pills?! afaik Alprazolam is taken in small doses of 1-2 mg ?! I'm a bit confused, do you talk about mg? But Ok if he really took 7gram then it's probably lethal.
Benzos are not generally used to OD we would read about much more cases.
You're right it was 7mg. My bad. Really sorry for the gaffe. I feel so sheepish now. Sheesh
.
Not sure if it's this one.. The bottle of wine is common but I remembered an older lady.. But anyway.. Here goes one case..
Here's another one. The case conclusion says cause of death was due to acute alprazolam intoxication.. One can only see the names of the drugs but not the dosages. But will it be possible to work it out from the blood level concentrations?
The user Doug Martin in the link below relates how 7 mg of alprax and a six pack of beer helped his brother ctb. Maybe there might have been some pain medication involved as well..
Answer (1 of 7): I’ve wondered this same thing, but not because I have any interest in testing how “high” I could get on alprazolam. I simply want to know if taking, for example, 1 mg (or maybe 1.5 mg) to help me relax and sleep on a long haul, overnight flight is in any way dangerous. Apparently...
www.quora.com
But the general evidence seems to show that it's possible.
