120 results for “heroin addiction”
57y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (heroin, methadone, benzodiazepines including novel benzodia…
…ndjeri man with longstanding opioid and benzodiazepine dependence, died from mixed drug toxicity involving heroin, methadone, prescribed diazepam, unprescribed benzodiazepines including the novel benzodiazepine bromazola…
27y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (heroin, methadone, diazepam and amphetamines)
… current psychiatric medications or recent hospitalisation. He commenced methadone while continuing to use heroin, benzodiazepines, and amphetamines. He was found deceased ten days later from combined drug toxicity. The …
Female·Hanging
The deceased was a woman with a long history of heroin abuse, benzodiazepine misuse, and mental health issues including depression and psychotic behaviour. She r…
37y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (heroin, methadone and diazepam) in a man with coronary arte…
Michael Gledhill, 37, died from mixed drug toxicity involving heroin, methadone, and diazepam, complicated by pre-existing coronary artery disease. He was enrolled in a methad…
34y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
Rajesh Pala, a 34-year-old man with polysubstance abuse disorder, borderline personality disorder, and chronic depression, died from mixed drug toxicity following discharge from The Alfred psychiatric unit. He was admitt…
28y · Male·toxicity to heroin
Michael Anthony, aged 28, died from heroin toxicity in a locked toilet cubicle at the Braybrook Hotel on 8-9 March 2011. He had a 13-year history of …
44y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (buprenorphine, ketamine, diazepam, fluvoxamine and lacosami…
…ng buprenorphine, ketamine, diazepam, fluvoxamine and lacosamide. She had a 18-19 year history of opioid addiction, initially using heroin recreationally in the Caribbean, later transitioning to methadone maintenance un…
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, diazepam, dextromethorphan). He manipulated mult…
36y · Female·Pneumonia complicating combined drug effect
…t to an Intensive Supervision Order for drug-related offences. On the night of 17 March 2004, she obtained heroin and, in combination with prescription medications (dexamphetamine and temazepam), developed respiratory de…
44y · Male·Heroin toxicity in the setting of ischaemic heart disease
Laurie Cartledge, a 44-year-old man with intellectual disability and acquired brain injury, died from heroin toxicity complicated by severe coronary artery atherosclerosis just one day after release from prison. He …
29y · Male·mixed drug toxicity including heroin
…iel Saint, a 29-year-old man with amphetamine and opioid dependence, died of mixed drug toxicity including heroin while admitted to The Melbourne Clinic for voluntary detoxification. Critical failures occurred: (1) Nursi…
26y · Male·Gunshot wound to head
…ed his arrest. He was a known violent offender with a 10-year criminal history and substance abuse issues (heroin, amphetamines, benzodiazepines). Following his involvement in Brian Bottomley's murder on 2 February 2005,…
34y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (heroin, codeine and doxepin)
…son Hester, a 34-year-old prisoner at a transitional correctional facility, died from mixed drug toxicity (heroin, codeine and doxepin) following an apparent overdose. He had been granted approved leave and had been comp…
37y · Male·Morphine toxicity from accidental overdose of crushed Kapanol (slow-release morp…
… not be established might have identified the death sooner, though prevention would have required robust addiction treatment and close supervision.
Male·heroin overdose
This is a procedural decision (not final inquest findings) regarding Felipe Esteban Alvarez's heroin-related death in March 2021. Approximately 4 hours elapsed between his overdose at a residential unit and …
17y · Female·Combined Drug Toxicity (heroin, alprazolam and diazepam)
…7-year-old female with complex mental health and substance use disorders died from combined drug toxicity (heroin, alprazolam, and diazepam) following release from youth detention. Despite extensive involvement from drug…
45y · Male·mixed drug toxicity (methadone and pregabalin) with possible contributing factor…
A 45-year-old man died in prison from mixed drug toxicity involving methadone and pregabalin, with possible contribution from morbid obesity. He had a history of opioid use and chronic pain from a foot injury. Despite re…
34y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
FDS, a 34-year-old male recently released from prison, died from mixed drug toxicity after injecting heroin in a public toilet. He had a long-standing complex drug history and relapsed shortly after release despite…
37y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a train incident
…ng these connections. He subsequently attended Middle Footscray Station while substance-affected, injected heroin, fell asleep on the platform, woke disoriented at 4:35 am, fell backwards onto train tracks, and was fatal…
38y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity including metonitazene
…ssion, anxiety and ADHD died from mixed drug toxicity involving metonitazene. He believed he was injecting heroin but had unknowingly obtained metonitazene (a novel synthetic opioid of extreme potency) from an unregulate…
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