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65 results for mirtazapine toxicity

VIChomePodcast2025-02-11

Finding into death of Kathleen Dawn Arnold

30y · Female·Acute ethanol toxicity on a background of chronic alcoholism

Kathleen Arnold, aged 30, died from acute ethanol toxicity on a background of chronic alcoholism. She had a 20-year history of alcohol dependence, complex trauma fr…

addiction medicinepsychiatrysystemalcohol
VIChome2022-05-20

Finding into death of Mandy Hawkey

51y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity

…ith longstanding treatment-resistant depression, chronic pain, and suicidal ideation died from mixed drug toxicity. She intentionally overdosed on multiple medications including benzodiazepines, antidepressants, and anal…

general practicepsychiatrymedicationcommunicationflunitrazepam
VIChome2026-03-19

Finding into death of Catherine Alison Lynch

41y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (alprazolam, clonazepam, diazepam, methadone, metoclopramide…

Catherine Lynch, a 41-year-old nurse, died from mixed drug toxicity in July 2022 in circumstances consistent with suicide. She was experiencing severe family violence, inclu…

psychiatrypsychologycommunicationsystemalprazolam
WAhome2019-05-10

Inquest into the Death of Matthew Neil Hardy TONKIN

24y · Male·bronchopneumonia complicating oxycodone toxicity

…ith post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic pain who died from bronchopneumonia complicating oxycodone toxicity. He engaged in prescription shopping across multiple doctors and pharmacies, obtaining oxycodone and benz…

general practicepain medicinediagnosticcommunicationoxycodone
VIChome2011-10-31

Finding into death of Rory

4y · Male·Oxycodone toxicity from ingestion of 80mg OxyContin tablet

Four-year-old Rory died from oxycodone toxicity after ingesting an 80mg OxyContin tablet from his father's prescribed medication. The tablet was not appr…

general practicepaediatricssystemdelayoxycodone
VIC2016-02-26

Finding into death of Jonas Jvirblis

23y · Male·combined drug toxicity (oxymorphone, benzodiazepines, codeine, and morphine) in …

Jonas Jvirblis, a 23-year-old PhD student, died from combined drug toxicity (oxymorphone, benzodiazepines, codeine, and morphine) in the setting of sarcoidosis. He had a long histor…

psychiatryaddiction medicinesystemcommunicationoxymorphone
VIChome2023-05-25

Finding into death of Bradley Scott Liefvoort

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 began wi…

general practicepain medicinemedicationsystemtapentadol
WAmental health2021-06-29

Inquest into the Death of Samuel Mark WALSH

38y · Male·carbon monoxide toxicity

Samuel Mark Walsh died by carbon monoxide toxicity (suicide) in October 2014 while subject to a custody order for a forensic mental health condition. He had…

psychiatrypharmacydelaysystemclozapine
VIChome2015-09-03

Finding into death of Brian George Rutherford

74y · Male·blunt head impact with skull fracture and traumatic brain injury from fall from …

A 74-year-old man with significant cardiac history died from blunt head trauma and skull fracture sustained in a fall from a ladder while gardening. Toxicology revealed elevated venlafaxine (antidepressant) levels above …

forensic medicinevenlafaxine
VICmental health2016-05-13

Finding into death of Shaun Luke Beagley

33y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity

Shaun Beagley, aged 33, died from mixed drug toxicity (heroin, methylamphetamine, benzodiazepines) while on overnight leave from E-PARCS psychiatric residentia…

psychiatryassessmentcommunicationheroin
NSWhome2023-04-19

Inquest into the death of Anthony Gilbert

41y · Male·complications of acute alcohol intoxication

…m alcohol-induced complications (ketoacidosis, cardiac arrhythmia, positional asphyxia) rather than acute toxicity alone. Better assessment protocols and explicit handover procedures were needed.

forensic medicinetoxicologydiagnosticcommunicationalcohol
WAhome2022-04-13

Inquest into the Death of Boris DRLESKI

45y · Male·bronchopneumonia and combined drug toxicity

…social personality disorder, and polysubstance use disorder, died from bronchopneumonia and combined drug toxicity. He was managed in the community on a Community Treatment Order (CTO) by Mirrabooka Community Mental Heal…

psychiatryemergency medicinecommunicationsystemzuclopenthixol decanoate
NSW2025-05-02

Inquest into the death of Emmett Brown

25y · Male·acute bronchopneumonia and methadone toxicity with high body mass index and obst…

Emmett Brown, a 25-year-old First Nations man, died in custody from acute bronchopneumonia and methadone toxicity, with obesity and obstructive sleep apnoea as contributing factors. He had been denied entry to the Buvid…

correctional healthaddiction medicinediagnosticsystemmethadone
WAhospital2017-09-29

Inquest into the Death of Jared Charles OLSEN

41y · Male·Fulminant sepsis (Klebsiella pneumoniae) with multi-organ failure complicating s…

…ed upon on 19 February 2015, or full blood count results obtained on 24-25 February 2015 when bone marrow toxicity would still have been reversible.

gastroenterologyintensive carediagnosticsystem6-mercaptopurine
NSW2019-07-05

Inquest into the death of Rebecca Maher

36y · Female·respiratory depression after loss of consciousness caused by mixed drug toxicity…

Rebecca Maher, a 36-year-old Aboriginal woman, died from respiratory depression caused by mixed drug toxicity (high levels of Alprazolam and Methadone) while detained as an intoxicated person at Maitland police stat…

general practicepharmacydiagnosticmedicationalprazolam
VIChome2025-09-02

Finding into death of Mr IKL

29y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (gabapentin, codeine, diazepam, oxycodone, doxylamine, prome…

A 29-year-old man died from mixed drug toxicity involving multiple CNS depressants. His GP, Dr X, had maintained an inappropriate three-year sexual relat…

general practicepsychiatrydiagnosticmedicationgabapentin
TAS2026-06-03

Coroner's Finding: Brown, Nicholas, Wiki, Toni, Winwood, Matthew and Kemp, Belinda

Male, female, male, female·Nicholas Brown: combined drug (methadone and benzodiazepine) intoxication; Toni …

…ord-keeping. Dr J.'s negligent prescribing directly caused deaths of Brown and Winwood from combined drug toxicity. Kemp died of pneumonia with prescription drug toxicity contributing. Wiki died from cardiac arrest after…

addiction medicinegeneral practicediagnosticmedicationmethadone
QLDmental health2007-03-02

Lather, David Andrew

24y · Male·aspiration of gastric contents due to or as a consequence of drug toxicity follo…

…ed at Charters Towers Rehabilitation Unit on 6 March 2004 from aspiration of gastric contents due to drug toxicity after ingesting approximately 150 tablets from a medication drawer beside his bed. Andrew had a complex p…

psychiatryrehabilitation medicinesystemcommunicationquetiapine
NSWcommunity2014-06-27

Inquest into the deaths of Christopher SALIB, Nathan ATTARD and Shamsad AKHTAR

Unknown·Christopher Salib: ischaemic heart disease with multiple prescription drug toxic…

This landmark inquest examined three deaths involving prescription drug toxicity: Christopher Salib (24, ischaemic heart disease with drug toxicity), Nathan Attard (34, multi-drug toxici…

general practiceemergency medicinediagnosticmedicationalprazolam
QLDhospital2026-04-14

Inquest into the death of Francis Michael Fahey

70y · Male·Metastatic melanoma with ischaemic heart disease as a contributing condition

…s in patients with cancer history; careful monitoring for immunotherapy-related complications and cardiac toxicity; and maintaining effective communication between correctional health services and specialist units to avo…

oncologygeneral medicinesystemdelayimmunotherapy

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