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In addition to paracetamol, dextropropoxyphene and ethanol, other agents were detected in 61 of these cases (26%).<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>2 Analytical evidence suggests that very substantial overdoses of paracetamol and dextropropoxyphene were ingested in the majority of cases; their mean plasma concentrations in those ingesting no other agents were 252 and 8.64 mg\/l respectively.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>3 Significant quantities of ethanol were ingested in 133 of 237 cases (56%). The mean ethanol concentration in those in whom quantitative estimations of paracetamol, dextropropoxyphene and ethanol were undertaken and who had not ingested other drugs, was 1588 mg\/l.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>4 There was no analytical support for the diagnosis of paracetamol and dextropropoxyphene poisoning in 74 of 305 cases (24%) of H.M. Coroners' returns to the Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys for the period 1 January-31 December 1979. 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