77 results for “chronic substance dependence”
57y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity, predominantly propoxyphene (Doloxene)
…ation reduction plans were documented. Key clinical lessons: Doloxene should be avoided in patients with substance abuse history; concurrent CNS depressants require careful justification and monitoring; long-term benzod…
30y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (methadone, amitriptyline, alprazolam, diazepam, oxazepam, n…
Benjamin Appelman, 30, died from mixed drug toxicity in a creek in December 2010. He had engaged in prescription shopping across multiple GPs and pharmacies to obtain benzodiazepines, obtaining 1050 alprazolam, 1540 diaz…
53y · Female·mixed prescription drug toxicity
Deearne Joan Barnes, a 53-year-old woman with complex psychiatric history including depression, OCD, substance abuse disorder, and chronic non-cancer pain, died from mixed prescription drug toxicity involving venlaf…
59y · Female·mixed prescription drug and alcohol toxicity (ethanol, diazepam, fluoxetine, and…
…ontents. She had extensive psychiatric history including depression, PTSD, bipolar disorder, and alcohol dependence, with multiple prior suicide attempts. On 9 June 2019, after consuming hidden alcohol and taking prescri…
Christopher Salib: ischaemic heart disease with multiple prescription drug toxic…
…nadequate communication between GPs and pharmacists; prescribing of benzodiazepines and opioids to known substance-dependent patients; failure to consult psychiatrists for long-term psychiatric medication; emergency dep…
44y · Male·multiple injuries from fall from cliff
…tal health support and anti-psychotic medication, his mental state deteriorated with increased paranoia, substance use, and suicidal ideation. On the night of death, police rescue officers engaged with him for over an h…
27y · Male·Hanging
Richard Hilton, a 27-year-old with longstanding bipolar affective disorder and benzodiazepine dependence, presented to Werribee ED three times in two months with suicidal ideation and self-harm attempts. Each …
49y · Female·Unascertained; most likely cardiac abnormality
Jennifer Gebert, a 49-year-old with long-standing mental illness and substance use disorder, died unexpectedly in an acute psychiatric unit on 6 December 2019. She presented to the ED…
40y · Female·acute right-sided congestive heart failure (cor pulmonale) resulting from intrav…
… caused by intravenous injection of crushed alprazolam tablets. She had a long history of opioid and polysubstance abuse, with recent escalation involving heroin, amphetamine, and oxycodone. She was enrolled in Tasmania…
58y · Male·Heroin toxicity
58-year-old man with chronic back pain, paranoid schizophrenia, and decades-long prescription opioid and benzodiazepine abuse died fro…
48y · Female·Combined drug toxicity involving oxycodone, benzodiazepines (diazepam, nordiazep…
A 48-year-old woman with epilepsy, depression, anxiety and documented drug dependence died from combined toxicity of oxycodone, benzodiazepines, amitriptyline and other drugs. Over 12 months…
Male·Ashton Michael Sunfly: ligature compression of the neck (hanging); Mitchell Nana…
… Balgo Aboriginal Community over a 24-month period: four suicides by hanging and one death from volatile substance abuse. The suicide rate in Balgo was more than 100 times the state average, constituting a cluster. The …
54y · Male·incised wound to the neck
…ichael Malone, a 54-year-old man with a 20-year history of bipolar affective disorder, PTSD, and alcohol dependence, died by suicide in Brisbane Correctional Centre on 8 November 2014, three days after re-incarceration. …
50y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Matthew Francis Leach, a 50-year-old man with longstanding alcohol dependence, depression, and a history of suicide attempts, died by ligature hanging in his cell at Hakea Prison sho…
terminal palliative care in a girl with a clinical diagnosis of aspiration pneum…
…m aspiration pneumonia whilst in state care following removal from her mother's care. Her mother, HC, had chronic benzodiazepine and opioid dependence, presenting substance-affected whilst caring for her profoundly disa…
51y · Male·blunt trauma of the chest sustained in a motor vehicle crash; hypovolemic shock …
A 51-year-old man with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, chronic pain, and substance use disorder died from blunt chest trauma following a motor vehicle crash. He had a h…
52y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (methadone, pregabalin, valproic acid, benzodiazepines)
A 52-year-old woman with chronic pain, epilepsy, and opioid dependence died from mixed drug toxicity after prescribed methadone, pregabali…
35y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head (self-inflicted)
…iel Thomas, aged 35, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound during a police siege. He had a history of substance-induced psychosis from ice use, with multiple psychiatric admissions in 2015-2016. Following discharge, …
43y · Male·The combined effects of subacute myocardial injury and methadone toxicity
Timothy Ricketts, a 43-year-old man with complex psychiatric and substance use history, died from combined subacute myocardial injury and methadone toxicity. He had been admitted …
43y · Male·hypoxic brain injury caused by cardiac arrest due to unintentional drug poisonin…
A 43-year-old man with long-standing opioid use disorder and polysubstance dependence died from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest caused by drug poisoning. He had been…
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