Individual blood concentrations of PMMA and metabolites in three fatal PMMA intoxicationsa
| Concentration | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unbound | Hydrolyzed | Unbound | Hydrolyzed | Unbound | Hydrolyzed | |
| µM | ||||||
| PMMA | 6.9 | 7.4 | 26.4 | |||
| PMA | 0.02 | 0.2 | 2.5 | |||
| OH-MA | 0 | 0.09 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 23.1 |
| OH-A | 0 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.05 | 0.3 | 1.1 |
| Oxilofrine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.02 |
| HM-MA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.03 | 0.3 |
| HM-A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 |
aFatal PMMA intoxications in which no methamphetamine, amphetamine, or MDMA was detected in femoral blood since these drugs have several metabolites in common with PMMA. OH-MA, 4-hydroxymethamphetamine; OH-A, 4-hydroxyamphetamine; HM-MA, 4-hydroxy-3-methoxymethamphetamine; HM-A, 4-hydroxy-3-methoxyamphetamine.