Deceased
Zoha Khan
Demographics
20y, female
Date of death
2021-08-23
Finding date
2024-02-12
Cause of death
Mixed drug toxicity including tramadol and flualprazolam
AI-generated summary
Zoha Khan, a 20-year-old university student, died from mixed drug toxicity involving tramadol and flualprazolam (a novel psychoactive substance benzodiazepine). She obtained tramadol from a friend and consumed what she believed was Xanax but likely contained flualprazolam. The combination of these drugs caused synergistic central nervous system sedation and respiratory depression. The coroner emphasised the dangers of illicit drugs from unregulated markets where actual content is unknown and potency varies unpredictably. Key clinical lessons include: educating young people about the risks of counterfeit pharmaceuticals and novel psychoactive substances; understanding that drugs misrepresented in illicit markets may contain different, more potent substances; and recognising the rapidly evolving threat of NPS benzodiazepines in overdose deaths, which rose from 1 death in 2015 to 28 in 2020 in Victoria.
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