28 results for “morphine tolerance”
53y · Female·Combined effects of alcohol, amitriptyline, and methadone
Joanne Lovelock, a 53-year-old woman with chronic pain, died from combined effects of alcohol, amitriptyline, and methadone on Christmas Day 2015. She had developed opioid dependence while receiving legitimate pain manag…
15y · Female·hypoxic brain damage due to multiple drug toxicity
A 15-year-old girl in out-of-home residential care died from accidental overdose of heroin and methylamphetamine (speedballing) in her bedroom while a known drug user was present. She had complex trauma from childhood ab…
19y · Male·heroin toxicity
Marshall Carter, 19, died in custody from heroin toxicity at Yatala Labour Prison. He had a long history of drug abuse starting from age 14 and was an intravenous heroin user. Critical failures included: inadequate trans…
25y · Male·hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury due to plastic bag asphyxia
Graeme Eady, 25 years old with chronic depression first formally treated in July 2003, was admitted after a suicide attempt in September 2003. Following an altercation with another patient, he was transferred to H Floor …
45y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to prolonged hypoxia
A 45-year-old man died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following cardiopulmonary arrest 11 hours after elective wrist plate removal surgery. Multiple contributing factors were identified: undisclosed obstructive sl…
43y · Female·acute multiple drug toxicity on a background of chronic pain and morbid obesity
…iple clinicians that opioid doses exceeded safe levels (220-230mg OxyContin daily equivalent to 330-345mg morphine) and were ineffective for pain, doses were not reduced and were actually increased following hip replacem…
65y · Male·Cardiac arrhythmia, probably Torsades de Pointes, due to the combined effects of…
Linus Phillips, age 65, died at home in October 2014 from cardiac arrhythmia (Torsades de Pointes) precipitated by methadone prescribed with inadequate oversight. Mr Phillips had chronic pain from knee surgery, severe sl…
54y · Female·Opioid toxicity (predominantly fentanyl)
…prescribed a 75mcg/hr fentanyl patch post-operatively for chronic pain management due to the patient's intolerance of oral opioids. The patient had been reviewed by pain specialist Dr H. who recommended methadone instea…
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