568 results for “overdose”
19y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity, with morphine (from poppy seeds) and dextromethorphan (from…
Nicole Petersen, aged 19, died from mixed drug toxicity due to consumption of poppy seed tea combined with cough syrup and diazepam. She became unresponsive overnight and was discovered in cardiac arrest around 5:45am. H…
45y · Male·unascertained
…ead. He had a long history of depression, suicidal ideation, and previous suicide attempts by hanging and overdose. He was sexually abused as a teenager, struggled with substance abuse, and had recently been admitted to …
24y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (clonazepam, diazepam, methadone, tramadol, pregabalin)
Jayden Kain Wright, a 24-year-old Aboriginal man, died from combined drug toxicity involving clonazepam, diazepam, methadone, tramadol, and pregabalin. Following a motor vehicle collision in 2020, he developed opioid add…
30y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (4-Fluoroamphetamine, 25C-NBOMe, dimethylamphetamine, methyl…
Jason, aged 30, died from mixed drug toxicity after ingesting what he believed to be MDMA but which actually contained 25C-NBOMe and 4-fluoroamphetamine, combined with GHB. He experienced seizures and collapsed; CPR was …
58y · Male·Unascertained causes
… despite exceeding usual maximum, as he remained psychiatrically stable for years; (4) No accumulation or overdose occurred; (5) The death may have been due to undetected cardiovascular disease, as the patient had multip…
25y · Male·Combined flualprazolam and alcohol toxicity
A 25-year-old man died from combined flualprazolam and alcohol toxicity after ingesting illicit drugs. He consumed alcohol heavily with housemates on 8 May 2021, then took a counterfeit 'Xanax' tablet containing flualpra…
45y · Male·Self-inflicted burns (80-90% full and partial thickness burns across body)
Stephen Mawer, a 45-year-old man with longstanding depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation, died from severe burns sustained when he deliberately set himself alight during a police siege at his home. He had recently be…
17y · Male·mixed drug toxicity (25C-NBOMe and 4-fluoroamphetamine)
A 17-year-old male died from mixed drug toxicity involving 25C-NBOMe and 4-fluoroamphetamine after consuming a substance he believed was MDMA or psilocybin, obtained from unregulated drug markets. He experienced severe s…
21y · Male·Methylamphetamine toxicity
A 21-year-old man died in prison from methylamphetamine toxicity after ingesting a drug-filled balloon transferred to him during a contact visit by his partner. The balloon ruptured in his gastrointestinal tract, causing…
54y · Female·mixed drug toxicity
A 54-year-old nurse with chronic pain from a 1990 back injury died from mixed drug toxicity involving morphine, codeine, doxylamine and nitrazepam. She was prescribed multiple CNS depressants for years despite being desi…
29y · Female·global cerebral ischaemic injury in the setting of neck compression
… inpatient in Ward E of Casey Hospital on 2 September 2015. She had been admitted following a paracetamol overdose and was on 15-minute nursing observations. Despite appropriate psychiatric care, comprehensive risk asses…
58y · Female·cardiac arrhythmia caused by a combination of pre-existing myocarditis and the a…
…vels at autopsy. However, these elevated levels were attributed to post-mortem redistribution rather than overdose, as medication was strictly supervised via daily dispensing by community mental health staff. Ms Miller h…
37y · Male·compression of the neck consistent with hanging
…isorder, substance misuse, and recent psychosis, presented to hospital after a suicide attempt (temazepam overdose) following job loss. He explicitly threatened hanging to his father. Although detained under the Mental H…
38y · Male·Toxicity to gamma hydroxybutyrate
A 38-year-old man with a long history of drug use and criminal offending died from gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) toxicity after consuming approximately 60mL of GHB whilst at home. He had been released from prison on 11 May…
33y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
A 33-year-old man with complex psychiatric history (bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, autism, ADHD) and long-standing substance use disorder died from mixed drug toxicity. Postmortem toxicology revealed high-co…
50y · Female·Potentially fatal multiple drug toxicity (oxycodone, mirtazapine, citalopram, cl…
Ms RF, a 50-year-old 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 en…
57y · Female·aspiration of gastric contents caused by combined drug and alcohol toxicity resu…
A 57-year-old woman with complex medical and mental health conditions died from aspiration of gastric contents caused by combined drug and alcohol toxicity. She had severe chronic pain following abdominal surgeries, opio…
68y · Female·Complications of a fall with contributing factors of respiratory failure, respir…
… June 2017. Expert toxicology review confirmed clozapine levels reflected post-mortem redistribution, not overdose. The coroner found her death resulted from natural causes (likely respiratory failure, cardiac event, or …
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 with acquired …
17y · Female·mixed drug toxicity
Nicole Memory Faye Davies, age 17, died on 4 April 2000 from mixed drug toxicity. She enrolled in methadone maintenance with GP Dr T. on 27 March after moving from Melbourne. Dr T. rapidly escalated her dose from 35mg to…
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