134 results for “drug interaction”
32y · Female·combined drug toxicity, mainly heroin
Natasha Calleja, 32 years old, died from combined drug toxicity (mainly heroin) while an involuntary inpatient at Swanston Centre psychiatric unit after her de fa…
28y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
Amanda Bertram, a 28-year-old with 8 years of drug addiction, died from mixed drug toxicity after injecting heroin and consuming amphetamines. Toxicology reve…
33y · Male·Undetermined
Robert Thomas Love, a 33-year-old man with a history of alcohol and drug abuse and mental health difficulties, was found dead in his home in February 2015. The cause of death remai…
37y · Male·acute heart failure caused by multiple drug toxicity (methadone and alprazolam)
… benzodiazepines contraindicated with methadone) from March 2001 onwards despite knowing Kiel was a serious drug abuser with documented 'red flag' episodes including overdoses in 2003 and July 2005. Key failures included…
36y · Female·Stab wound to the right chest
…afaxine three days before the homicide, he developed acute psychosis likely related to tramadol withdrawal, drug interaction, or combination with recent substance cessation. He stabbed Ms Harris multiple times, set fire …
48y · Female·Combined toxic effect of prescription and non-prescription medications including…
…. Critical clinical lessons include: (1) obtaining complete medication histories including over-the-counter drugs, particularly sedating agents; (2) ensuring communication between treating specialists about concurrent me…
67y · Female·Lithium toxicity with chest infection and bipolar disorder; Alzheimer's disease …
…ontraindication; (4) the dispensing pharmacy apparently did not contact the prescriber about the concerning drug combination. Mrs Snopek developed elevated lithium levels (1.8 mmol/L), renal impairment and elevated sodiu…
22y · Male·mixed drug toxicity due to methadone, codeine, and morphine (metabolite), compou…
William Wallrock, 22, died from mixed drug toxicity four days after wisdom tooth extraction. He was initially appropriately advised to use paracetamol…
5y · Male·Combined effects of prescribed morphine, valproic acid and midazolam leading to …
…tes pre-procedure). Observations post-administration were inadequate and performed too early to assess peak drug effect or safe baseline return. The child left hospital appearing drowsy, fell asleep, and was found unresp…
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…
61y · Male·mixed prescription drug toxicity (methadone, diazepam, promethazine) with aspira…
… 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 …
39y · Female·drowning associated with drug toxicity
…is revealed a toxic level of temazepam (1.2 mg/L) and therapeutic level of promethazine in her blood; these drugs have additive/synergistic effects increasing CNS depression and drowsiness. The deceased had a documented …
39y · Female·mixed prescription drug and alcohol toxicity (ethanol, tapentadol, tramadol, pro…
Amie Maree O'Shea, aged 39, died from mixed prescription drug and alcohol toxicity on 19-20 May 2019. She consumed excessive alcohol at a social gathering then ingested …
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 di…
46y · Male·Ethanol (alcohol) and prescription drug toxicity
…hronic alcohol addiction and a history of epilepsy and insomnia died from combined ethanol and prescription drug toxicity. In the three weeks before death, his alcohol consumption escalated to three bottles of whiskey da…
67y · Female·mixed prescription drug toxicity (oxycodone and oxazepam); central nervous syste…
Sandra Germaine Hill, 67, died from mixed prescription drug toxicity (oxycodone and oxazepam) combined with alcohol on 26-27 April 2019. She had multiple chronic condi…
61y · Female·Multiple drug (tapentadol, morphine, diazepam, citalopram) intoxication
Margaret Cahill, a 61-year-old nurse assistant, died from multiple drug intoxication after a GP administered 60mg intramuscular morphine without knowing she had consumed tapentado…
22y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (methadone and benzodiazepines)
William John Bailey, a 22-year-old man recently released from prison, died from combined drug toxicity involving methadone and benzodiazepines. He consumed methadone takeaway doses prescribed to his ho…
50y · Male·mixed drug and alcohol toxicity (pentobarbitone and ethanol)
Brian Gary Linklater, aged 50, died from mixed drug and alcohol toxicity after intentionally injecting pentobarbitone (a barbiturate used in veterinary practic…
27y · Female·mixed methadone and alcohol intoxication
…tory thoroughly, and understanding that individuals not enrolled in methadone programs may still access the drug. The coroner could not definitively establish how methadone was obtained, highlighting gaps in substance us…
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