168 results for “benzodiazepine use”
28y · Male·Multiple head, facial and spinal injuries sustained in a single vehicle motorbik…
… through a bend. Toxicology detected therapeutic/sub-therapeutic levels of prescribed CNS depressants (benzodiazepines, opioids, antidepressants). Key clinical lessons: (1) Mr Tyrrell had documented substance use disorde…
37y · Male·mixed drug toxicity with fentanyl as the principal agent
… idiopathic intracranial hypertension requiring multiple neurosurgeries and was prescribed opioids and benzodiazepines. He developed addiction to these medications, engaged in 'doctor shopping' across multiple practices,…
32y · Male·Multiple drug toxicity (including heroin)
Kirk Steven Ardern, a 32-year-old male with a long history of opioid dependence and substance abuse, died from multiple drug toxicity (including heroin) three days after release from prison. Two critical cli…
30y · Male·Drowning due to jumping from the Batman Bridge
A 30-year-old man with opioid use disorder, anxiety, and depression died by suicide from jumping the Batman Bridge. He had been prescribed es…
20y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (ethanol, cocaine, etizolam, diazepam, nordiazepam and oxyco…
Ryan Chisholm, a 20-year-old with a history of substance abuse and mental health concerns including anxiety and depression, died from mixed drug toxicity after consuming …
34y · Male·mixed drug overdose (heroin, methadone, codeine, diazepam, nitrazepam, oxazepam …
34-year-old male with longstanding opioid and benzodiazepine dependence who overdosed following discharge from hospital. He was hospitalized on 22 September 2010 a…
38y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
…dating medications and alcohol. He had longstanding severe anxiety and became dependent on codeine and benzodiazepines, initially obtained from multiple prescribers ('doctor shopping'). After disclosure of his dependence…
51y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
… ideation died from mixed drug toxicity. She intentionally overdosed on multiple medications including benzodiazepines, antidepressants, and analgesics. The coroner identified that her GP prescribed flunitrazepam (a Sche…
24y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (heroin, benzodiazepine and others)
Samuel Morrison, 24, died from combined drug toxicity involving heroin, benzodiazepines and other substances. He had a long history of depression, anxiety and illicit drug use, and had rece…
25y · Female·Compression of the neck
…5-year-old woman, died by suicide via neck compression while intoxicated. She had a history of substance misuse (cocaine, alcohol), anxiety treated with Zoloft, and was taking alprazolam. On the morning of her death, sh…
33y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (heroin, alprazolam, methadone)
Shane Hubezak, aged 33, died from combined drug toxicity involving heroin, alprazolam (Xanax), methadone, and cannabis. On 25 July 2010, he was arrested following a police pursuit and motor vehicle collision. He was tran…
52y · Male·Effects of fire
A 52-year-old man with chronic substance abuse, anxiety, depression, benzodiazepine dependence and hepatitis C died in a deliberately lit house fire. He w…
58y · Male·Heroin toxicity
…-year-old man with chronic back pain, paranoid schizophrenia, and decades-long prescription opioid and benzodiazepine abuse died from heroin toxicity. He had been successfully withdrawn from opioids (MS Contin, Endone) d…
38y · Male·Toxicity to heroin
…in management), the deceased declined formal addiction treatment and appears to have rapidly resumed heroin use. The combination of heroin with benzodiazepines (diazepam, clonazepam) and zopiclone detected at autopsy wa…
70y · Female·end stage dementia
Carole Ann Dunstan, a 70-year-old woman with end-stage dementia, died of natural causes at Repatriation General Hospital on 17 June 2017 while subject to a Level 3 Inpatient Treatment Order. She…
47y · Male·Multiple blunt force injuries sustained in single motor vehicle collision
…oad conditions, drug impairment, and excessive speed. Clinical lessons include the significant impairment caused by polydrug use (drowsiness, poor concentration, slower reaction times, impaired judgment and coordination…
44y · Male·Multiple blunt force injuries from fall from height
…tlist for dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), the only evidence-based treatment; his GP's increase of benzodiazepine prescription despite specialist advice to reduce it; discharge from Blue Mountains Hospital at 4am wit…
51y · Female·undetermined - either citalopram toxicity or ischaemic heart disease
…ally lethal citalopram level, and autopsy showed significant atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. The cause of death was undetermined, as either citalopram toxicity or ischaemic heart disease could have been fatal. …
59y · Male·Unascertained
Jonathan Townsend, a 59-year-old Navy veteran with PTSD, alcohol use disorder, and multiple psychiatric comorbidities, died at home on 5 November 2021. The cause of death was u…
25y · Male·Combined flualprazolam and alcohol toxicity
…mbined flualprazolam and alcohol toxicity after ingesting illicit drugs. He consumed alcohol heavily with housemates on 8 May 2021, then took a counterfeit 'Xanax' tablet containing flualprazolam (a novel psychoactive s…
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