56 results for “prescription drug misuse”
Unknown·acute fentanyl toxicity; acute oxycodone toxicity; multiple drug toxicity; opioi…
…dults died from opioid overdoses (fentanyl and oxycodone) in Queensland between 2012–2014. All obtained prescriptions from multiple doctors ('doctor shopping') without effective detection. Systemic failures included frag…
43y · Male·hypoxic brain injury caused by cardiac arrest due to unintentional drug poisonin…
…use disorder and polysubstance dependence died from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest caused by drug poisoning. He had been prescribed large quantities of pregabalin, temazepam, and tramadol by his GP despite…
24y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (morphine and diazepam)
James, aged 24, died from combined drug toxicity (morphine and diazepam) following intentional overdose. He had engaged in prescription shopping ac…
25y · Male·Combined drug toxicity
Harrison William Ladd, 25, died from combined drug toxicity involving clonazepam, dexamphetamine, codeine, diazepam and pholcodine. He had complex mental heal…
22y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (alprazolam, methadone, diazepam, dextromethorphan and op…
Adrian Westlund, a 22-year-old with complex drug-seeking behaviour and polypharmacy addiction, died of combined drug toxicity (alprazolam, methadone, diazep…
59y · Female·Global hypoxic brain injury due to mixed drug toxicity, specifically alprazolam …
…endence for anxiety disorder died from global hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest caused by mixed drug toxicity, with alprazolam levels in the fatal range. She had intentionally taken excess medication on 28 Se…
50y · Female·Potentially fatal multiple drug toxicity (oxycodone, mirtazapine, citalopram, cl…
…ld woman with epilepsy and chronic pain from a workplace wrist injury, died from potentially fatal multiple drug toxicity involving oxycodone, mirtazapine, citalopram, clonazepam, and pregabalin. She engaged in prescript…
52y · Male·septicaemia caused by Streptococcus Milleri group pneumonia
Kurt Mellick Andriske, 52, died from septicaemia caused by Streptococcus Milleri pneumonia, with drug toxicity as a contributing factor. He was a complex patient with bipolar disorder, chronic pain, hepatitis …
48y · Male·combined drug intoxication from morphine and quetiapine
… pain and mental health issues, died from combined morphine and quetiapine intoxication after injecting prescription morphine. He was receiving daily Subutex in Tasmania from addiction services but was also being prescri…
35y · Female·combined drug toxicity
…5-year-old woman with long-standing substance use disorder, depression, and chronic pain died from combined drug toxicity involving methadone, pregabalin, methamphetamine, benzodiazepines, mirtazapine, promethazine and p…
34y · Male·mixed drug overdose (heroin, methadone, codeine, diazepam, nitrazepam, oxazepam …
…eased without adequate psychiatric assessment or addiction management. He died the following day from mixed drug overdose. Critical clinical lessons include: (1) higher threshold for ED discharge of overdose patients wit…
36y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (pregabalin, morphine, amitriptyline)
A 36-year-old motor mechanic with chronic pain from a 2014 knee injury died from combined drug toxicity (pregabalin, morphine, amitriptyline). His general practitioner, Dr S., prescribed excessive amoun…
30y · Female·Fentanyl overdose caused by self-administration of intravenous Fentanyl
… December 2013. Autopsy findings of crystalline granulomas in the lungs indicated long-standing intravenous drug use. She had previously overdosed on Fentanyl at work in January 2010 and was thereafter supervised by AHPR…
34y · Female·Combined drug toxicity (gabapentin, oxycodone, tramadol, diazepam, citalopram, d…
…an with complex medical history including chronic pain, sleep disorder, anxiety and PTSD died from combined drug toxicity involving gabapentin, oxycodone, tramadol, diazepam, citalopram, desmethylvenlafaxine, ondansetron…
47y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (pregabalin, oxycodone and mirtazapine)
A 47-year-old woman died from mixed drug toxicity involving pregabalin, oxycodone, and mirtazapine. She had chronic pain, anxiety, and depression, a…
53y · Female·mixed prescription drug toxicity
…story including depression, OCD, substance abuse disorder, and chronic non-cancer pain, died from mixed prescription drug toxicity involving venlafaxine, methadone, amitriptyline, quetiapine, and diazepam. Her treating p…
21y · Male·combined effect of a cocktail of drugs causing central nervous system depression…
…1-year-old with polysubstance addiction and mental health issues, died from positional asphyxia following a drug overdose on 6 January 2010. He presented to the Emergency Department that afternoon after overdosing on met…
45y · Female·Multi-drug toxicity
Christine Drinnan, aged 45, died from multi-drug toxicity involving lethal morphine levels combined with pethidine, quetiapine, benzodiazepines and alcohol.…
46y · Male·Opioid toxicity (tapentadol and oxycodone)
…fvoort, 46, died from opioid toxicity (tapentadol and oxycodone) at home in Dandenong. Over a decade of prescription medication misuse began with ibuprofen for headaches, escalating to opioid dependence following gastroi…
26y · Male·Multiple drug toxicity and bronchopneumonia
Daniel James Hall, aged 26, died on 31 July 2010 from multiple drug toxicity and bronchopneumonia after consuming approximately 10-12 OxyContin tablets over 24 hours, vastly e…
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