374 results for “opioid toxicity”
23y · Male·combined drug toxicity (methadone, clozapine, quetiapine, diazepam, chlorpromazi…
Geoffrey Reid, 23, died from combined drug toxicity while hospitalised for schizophrenia management. He was re-inducted onto methadone at 30mg with 10mg dail…
68y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease (operated); severe native coronary artery atheroma with …
…ssues included excessive MS Contin consumption (suspected 10 tablets taken prior to admission), leading to opioid-related respiratory depression requiring naloxone administration. The coroner concluded his underlying sev…
22y · Male·accidental multi-drug toxicity, predominantly oxycodone and 3,4-methylenedioxyme…
Fazan Khan, a 22-year-old employed motor trimmer, died from accidental multi-drug toxicity from oxycodone and MDMA at a house party. He had a history of prescription opioid use (Panadeine Forte, o…
57y · Male·Complications of opioid (hydromorphone and morphine) toxicity and incised wounds…
Leslie Hawkins, aged 57 with dementia and significant medical comorbidities, died from opioid toxicity and incised wrist wounds as part of a suicide pact with his terminally ill wife. Mrs Hawkins, dia…
49y · Male·Drug toxicity (methadone)
Brenton Grosser, a 49-year-old man with alcohol addiction history, died from methadone toxicity after consuming three 100ml takeaway methadone bottles prescribed to his housemate. He had consumed signi…
34y · Male·Methadone toxicity, with coronary artery atherosclerosis as a significant contri…
Ivan Mikic, a 34-year-old prisoner at Wellington Correctional Centre, died from methadone toxicity on 3 November 2015. The methadone was not prescribed to him and was most likely obtained through diversio…
44y · Male·bronchopneumonia in the setting of combined drug effect
… review. The coroner found his care was of good standard despite challenging behaviour. He likely accessed opioid medication (tapentadol) without permission, and toxicology showed therapeutic levels of multiple medicatio…
43y · Female·acute multiple drug toxicity on a background of chronic pain and morbid obesity
A 43-year-old woman died from acute multiple drug toxicity after 26 years of high-dose opioid therapy for chronic pain following a motor vehicle accident. Despite r…
53y · Female·Unintentional mixed prescription drug toxicity (morphine and diazepam) together …
Anna Maree Parsons, aged 53, died from unintentional mixed prescription drug toxicity (morphine and diazepam) combined with advanced lung disease from heavy smoking. She consumed morphine (Or…
54y · Female·Opioid toxicity (predominantly fentanyl)
54-year-old woman with diabetes, obesity, and multiple opioid allergies underwent groin surgery at a private hospital. Anaesthetist Dr Y. prescribed a 75mcg/hr fentanyl…
44y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (buprenorphine, ketamine, diazepam, fluvoxamine and lacosami…
A 44-year-old female veterinarian died from mixed drug toxicity involving buprenorphine, ketamine, diazepam, fluvoxamine and lacosamide. She had a 18-19 year history of …
71y · Female·Combined drug toxicity in a woman with emphysema
Mary Veronica Payne, a 71-year-old woman with emphysema, died from combined drug toxicity after ingesting her daughter's methadone. The deceased had a long-standing history of chronic back pain f…
44y · Male·Heroin toxicity
A 44-year-old man with a 24-year history of opioid addiction died from heroin toxicity two days after release from prison on a Community Corrections Order. H…
0y · Female·Morphine toxicity
Tamiya Calais Lievesley, a six-month-old infant, died from morphine toxicity on 2 March 2004. She ingested a fatal dose of morphine, likely administered by one of her parents who wer…
27y · Female·Combined drug toxicity
XY, a 27-year-old woman, died from combined drug toxicity on 21–22 December 2016 at a friend's house in Melbourne. She had a history of opioid use, depression, and…
50y · Female·Mixed prescription drug toxicity (oxycodone, amitriptyline, diazepam, diphenhydr…
A 50-year-old woman with chronic pain from a work-related back injury died from mixed prescription drug toxicity (oxycodone, amitriptyline, diazepam, diphenhydramine, paracetamol). She had long-standing opioid dependen…
Unknown·Toxicity to protonitazene
Four adults died on 24 June 2024 from protonitazene toxicity after ingesting illicitly purchased drugs they believed to be MDMA and cocaine. Protonitazene is a novel …
28y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (synergistic effects of diazepam, oxycodone, and fentanyl ca…
…tthew McLachlan, a 28-year-old paraplegic with chronic pain from spinal cord injury, died from mixed drug toxicity while hospitalized for urinary tract infection treatment. He was receiving fentanyl patches, oxycodone, a…
46y · Male·Opioid toxicity (tapentadol and oxycodone)
Bradley Liefvoort, 46, died from opioid toxicity (tapentadol and oxycodone) at home in Dandenong. Over a decade of prescription medication misuse …
54y · Female·mixed drug toxicity (methadone and diazepam)
A 54-year-old woman with long-standing opioid use disorder died from mixed methadone and diazepam toxicity. She had tripled her methadone dose by inject…
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