415 results for “drug abuse”
33y · Female·Combined drug toxicity, with thioridazine as the principal component, in the con…
Lou Ann Kelly, aged 33, died on 3 April 2003 at Royal Perth Hospital ICU from combined drug toxicity, primarily thioridazine, after consuming large quantities of prescription medications with alcohol…
34y · Male·heroin toxicity with possible contribution from coronary atherosclerosis
…om heroin toxicity with possible contribution from coronary atherosclerosis. He had a documented history of drug abuse in prison despite drug management plans and rehabilitation programs. He injected heroin in his cell a…
28y · Female·combined drug toxicity (heroin and prescribed psychiatric medications)
Priscilla Stephenson, a 28-year-old Aboriginal woman with longstanding mental illness and polysubstance abuse, died from combined drug toxicity (heroin plus prescribed psychiatric medications) shortly after discharge…
36y · Male·Cardiac failure associated with intravenous methylamphetamine abuse and exertion
A 36-year-old man died from cardiac failure associated with intravenous methylamphetamine abuse and exertion. He had injected methylamphetamine and subsequently engaged in intense physical activity (run…
38y · Male·mixed drug toxicity and arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
…aged 38, died at home on 14 March 2009 while on home detention bail. Post-mortem examination revealed mixed drug toxicity (methadone, diazepam, alprazolam) combined with pre-existing arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysp…
27y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
A 27-year-old man with polysubstance abuse disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, and borderline personality disorder died from mixed drug toxicity …
29y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (pregabalin, dihydrocodeine, tramadol, temazepam, lorazep…
A 29-year-old man with class III obesity died from combined drug toxicity involving pregabalin, dihydrocodeine, tramadol, temazepam, and lorazepam. He engaged in prescripti…
31y · Male·Multidrug overdose including heroin
LP, a 31-year-old man with depression, severe anxiety, and substance use disorder, died from multidrug overdose including heroin. He had long-standing benzodiazepine (Xanax) abuse since his late teens, complica…
37y · Male·combined ethanol and drug toxicity
Kenneth Agnew, a 37-year-old man resident in aged care, died from combined ethanol and drug toxicity involving methadone and benzodiazepines. He had hepatitis C and fatty liver disease. Critical clin…
36y · Female·Stab wound to the right chest
…igh-dose tramadol (700-800mg daily) for chronic pain over 22 months by his GP without documented substance abuse assessment, despite documented history of polysubstance dependence. When Eckersley ceased alcohol and cann…
23y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
A 23-year-old male with drug-induced psychosis died by hanging. He had a long history of substance abuse and behavioural problems, with …
41y · Male·Pheniramine toxicity
…f antihistamine tablets. He had a long history of schizophrenia, acquired brain injury, and poly-substance abuse. When found by police behaving erratically, his presentation—agitation, disorientation, unsteady gait—was …
31y · Male·mixed drug toxicity
Robert Henderson, 31, died from mixed drug toxicity while subject to a community involuntary treatment order for schizophrenia. He was admitted to hos…
31y · Female·mixed drug toxicity (propoxyphene, fluvoxamine, and alprazolam)
A 31-year-old woman with extensive history of deliberate self-harm and prescription drug abuse died from mixed drug toxicity (propoxyphene, fluvoxamine, and alprazolam). She presented to the emerg…
54y · Female·combined drug toxicity (heroin, morphine, cannabis, and prescription medications…
Laureen Kaye Reilly, aged 54, died from combined drug toxicity involving heroin, cannabis, and prescription medications including antipsychotics and mood stabili…
42y · Male·unascertained
Anthony Charles Eura, a 42-year-old Aboriginal man with long-standing mental health problems, alcohol and drug dependency, and chronic suicidality, disappeared in November 2006 and is presumed deceased. In the month be…
34y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
Diane Maria Hillgrove, a 34-year-old woman with chronic pain, PTSD, anxiety and substance abuse history, died from mixed drug toxicity on 7 July 2018. Post-mortem toxicology revealed elevated pregabalin…
Female·early bronchopneumonia complicating combined drug toxicity (fentanyl overdose)
Wendy Osborne, a woman with a history of substance abuse and psychiatric issues, died from bronchopneumonia complicating fentanyl overdose. Her GP prescribed fenta…
45y · Female·Combined Drug Toxicity
Christina Mifsud, aged 45, died from combined drug toxicity including methadone, diazepam, paroxetine and cannabis. She accessed methadone prescribed to her p…
36y · Male·Combined effects of trihexyphenidyl (benzhexol) toxicity, amphetamine-type stimu…
A 36-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder, substance abuse issues, and undiagnosed cardiomyopathy died from combined toxicity of benzhexol (prescribed by his GP for …
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