Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie
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To identify the substances used by people who die from suicide by overdose in Toronto and to determine the correlates of specific categories of substances used. ⋯ Suicides by overdose involved the use of different classes of substances, including psychotropic prescription medication, other prescription medications, as well as OTC medications. Physicians and pharmacists should be aware of commonly used prescription and OTC medications in overdose and exercise increased vigilance in prescribing or dispensing them to at-risk patients.