33 results for “methadone dispensing”
32y · Male·Multidrug overdose
…, and chronic pain died from multidrug overdose at home. He had obtained fentanyl, clonazepam, diazepam, methadone, and other drugs from multiple prescribers and pharmacies. While some GPs recognised drug-seeking behavi…
44y · Male·intravenous injection of foreign debris (crushed tablets) associated with chroni…
…hypertension caused by intravenous injection of foreign debris (crushed tablets). He had been prescribed methadone as part of opioid replacement therapy, with takeaway doses known to Dr W. to be injected rather than con…
43y · Male·hypoxic brain injury caused by cardiac arrest due to unintentional drug poisonin…
…e prescriptions on 3 April 2023, which he filled at different pharmacies. He then injected his partner's methadone in combination with these prescribed medications and other drugs, causing fatal cardiorespiratory depres…
21y · Male·combined effect of a cocktail of drugs causing central nervous system depression…
… overdose on 6 January 2010. He presented to the Emergency Department that afternoon after overdosing on methadone, benzodiazepines and heroin, was resuscitated with Narcan, and discharged the same evening. Critical fai…
53y · Female·mixed prescription drug toxicity
…disorder, and chronic non-cancer pain, died from mixed prescription drug toxicity involving venlafaxine, methadone, amitriptyline, quetiapine, and diazepam. Her treating psychiatrist, Dr L., failed to comply with mandat…
38y · Male·Organizing pneumonia with loculated pleural effusion in the setting of drug use …
…, diabetes, and asthma, died from organizing pneumonia with loculated pleural effusion in the setting of methadone and benzodiazepine use. The critical clinical failure was lack of communication between his two treating…
44y · Female·Intoxication by the combined effects of tramadol, methadone, diazepam, codeine, …
…nxiety, and depression who was opioid-dependent, died from intoxication by combined effects of tramadol, methadone, diazepam, codeine, alprazolam, risperidone, doxepin, and metoclopramide. She obtained prescriptions fro…
21y · Male·combined effect of a cocktail of drugs taken by him, which caused central nervou…
…nation between emergency, mental health, and addiction services; a pharmacy error administering a double methadone dose hours before death; and absence of formal discharge summary or referral to addiction services. Clin…
Male, female, male, female·Nicholas Brown: combined drug (methadone and benzodiazepine) intoxication; Toni …
…g grossly violated Tasmanian Opioid Pharmacotherapy Program (TOPP) guidelines through excessive takeaway methadone doses to clinically unstable patients, dangerous co-prescription of high-dose benzodiazepines without sa…
28y · Female·Complications of a seizure in the setting of prescription drug abuse (pregabalin…
…led dangerously high pregabalin levels (~56mg/L, toxicologically significant at 20-25mg/L) combined with methadone, oxycodone, and amitriptyline—a combination causing CNS depression. The case highlights systemic failure…
31y · Male·mixed drug toxicity (methadone, diazepam, pregabalin, promethazine, pizotifen)
A 31-year-old man subject to a post-sentence supervision order died from mixed drug toxicity (methadone, diazepam, pregabalin, promethazine, pizotifen) at a residential facility. He was a vulnerable person wi…
57y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (heroin, methadone, benzodiazepines including novel benzodia…
… with longstanding opioid and benzodiazepine dependence, died from mixed drug toxicity involving heroin, methadone, prescribed diazepam, unprescribed benzodiazepines including the novel benzodiazepine bromazolam, amitri…
multi-drug toxicity (opioids, heroin, benzodiazepines, prescription drugs)
This inquest examined six opioid-related deaths in NSW occurring in May 2016, with causes ranging from heroin and fentanyl toxicity to multi-drug overdoses. The coroner identified multiple preventable factors: inadequate…
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