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51y · Female·Unintentional prescription drug poisoning due to central nervous system depressi…
A 51-year-old woman with chronic pain, depression, and longstanding medication misuse died from unintentional prescription drug poisoning. She had been prescribed high-risk combinations of opioids and benzodiazepines ove…
57y · Female·aspiration of gastric contents caused by combined drug and alcohol toxicity resu…
A 57-year-old woman with complex medical and mental health conditions died from aspiration of gastric contents caused by combined drug and alcohol toxicity. She had severe chronic pain following abdominal surgeries, opio…
68y · Female·mixed prescription drug toxicity (oxycodone, metoprolol, diazepam)
Ms Heraghty, a 68-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities including obesity (BMI 47.3), atrial fibrillation, COPD, and severe chronic pain, died from mixed prescription drug toxicity (oxycodone, metoprolol, diazepam) …
61y · Male·hanging
Andrew Robert Young, a 61-year-old man with lifelong depression and social phobia, died by hanging on 13-14 January 2020. He had received consistent psychiatric care from an experienced psychiatrist for 16 years using su…
Male·mixed prescription drug toxicity (tramadol and diazepam)
Daniel Wayne Dare died from mixed prescription drug toxicity involving tramadol and diazepam. He had a history of chronic lower back pain and depression managed with these medications prescribed by his GP over several ye…
45y · Male·mixed drug toxicity
Glenn Sturley Meyer, aged 45, died from mixed drug toxicity on 22 August 2019. He had chronic pain, PTSD, depression and anxiety managed with oxycodone and diazepam. He also had obesity and probable obstructive sleep apn…
51y · Female·Cannot be determined; likely mixed drug (including alcohol) toxicity or undeterm…
Margaret Joy O'Donnell, aged 51, died between 9-15 June 2018. The cause of death could not be determined due to decomposition, but toxicology revealed mixed drug toxicity including fatal levels of methadone and hydromorp…
58y · Female·undetermined; possible mixed drug intoxication and/or adrenal insufficiency
Jennifer May Tilley, aged 58, died on 8 January 2018 with an undetermined cause, though mixed drug intoxication and adrenal insufficiency were potential contributors. She had complex medical conditions requiring chronic …
54y · Female·mixed drug toxicity
A 54-year-old nurse with chronic pain from a 1990 back injury died from mixed drug toxicity involving morphine, codeine, doxylamine and nitrazepam. She was prescribed multiple CNS depressants for years despite being desi…
51y · Male·acute methadone toxicity
A 51-year-old man died from acute methadone toxicity with a blood level of 2.5 mg/L (within fatal range). He was prescribed methadone tablets by his GP for chronic pain management since at least March 2014. Investigation…
48y · Male·combined drug intoxication from morphine and quetiapine
Brett Cashion, a 48-year-old man with chronic pain and mental health issues, died from combined morphine and quetiapine intoxication after injecting prescription morphine. He was receiving daily Subutex in Tasmania from …
50y · Male·methadone and alprazolam intoxication
Michael John Taylor, aged 50, died from methadone and alprazolam intoxication on 13 May 2016. He had chronic back pain and had been prescribed methadone and oxazepam since 2005. Evidence suggests he was crushing and inje…
22y · Male·combined mixed drug intoxication
A 22-year-old medical student with chronic spinal cord pain and depression died from combined drug intoxication involving U-47700 (a potent uncontrolled synthetic opioid 7.5 times more potent than morphine), venlafaxine …
61y · Male·mixed prescription drug toxicity (methadone, diazepam, promethazine) with aspira…
A 61-year-old man with chronic alcoholism, dilated cardiomyopathy and cirrhosis died from mixed prescription drug toxicity (methadone, diazepam, promethazine) with aspiration pneumonia. He consumed significant alcohol on…
53y · Female·mixed prescription drug toxicity
Deearne Joan Barnes, a 53-year-old woman with complex psychiatric history including depression, OCD, substance abuse disorder, and chronic non-cancer pain, died from mixed prescription drug toxicity involving venlafaxine…
50y · Female·Mixed prescription drug toxicity (oxycodone, amitriptyline, diazepam, diphenhydr…
A 50-year-old woman with chronic pain from a work-related back injury died from mixed prescription drug toxicity (oxycodone, amitriptyline, diazepam, diphenhydramine, paracetamol). She had long-standing opioid dependence…
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