Intentional self-poisoning with the Chlorophenoxy Herbicide 4-Chloro-2-Methylphenoxyacetic Acid (MCPA)

Roberts, Darren; Seneviratne, Ruwan; Mohammed, Fahim; Patel, Renu; Senarathna, Lalith; Hittarage, Ariyasena; Buckley, Nicholas; Dawson, Andrew; Eddleston, Michael

Intentional self-poisoning with the Chlorophenoxy Herbicide 4-Chloro-2-Methylphenoxyacetic Acid (MCPA)

Date

2005

Authors

Roberts, Darren

Seneviratne, Ruwan

Mohammed, Fahim

Patel, Renu

Senarathna, Lalith

Hittarage, Ariyasena

Buckley, Nicholas

Dawson, Andrew

Eddleston, Michael

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

Study objective: Data on poisoning with MCPA (4-chloro-2-methyl- phenoxyacetic acid) are limited to 6 case reports. Our objective is to describe outcomes from intentional self-poisoning with MCPA in a prospective case series of 181 patients presenting to