A case of fatal reaction due to injection of 5 ml of Lariago, intramuscularly (an IPCA pharmaceutical company product containing chloroquine phosphate 40 mg/ml) is presented. Though there is ample documentary and material proof regarding the above and signs on postmortem examination of anaphylactic shock, the chemical examination failed to find it.
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