314 results for “drug addiction”
30y · Male·Cause of death remains uncertain; likely drug-related but not established
…mined due to advanced decomposition preventing meaningful autopsy findings and toxicological testing. While drug-related death (overdose or intentional) was likely given the presence of syringes and his substance abuse h…
46y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury due to combined drug toxicity
Donna Mousley, aged 46 years with long-standing panadeine forte and diazepam dependence, presented to an addiction medicine specialist seeking management. Dr C. prescribed methadone 40mg on 9 November 2010 after consult…
45y · Male·drowning and intoxication with methamphetamine and other substances
…thamphetamine use triggered by fear of incarceration. On the evening of his death, he had ingested multiple drugs including methamphetamine and possibly unknown research chemicals. He left home appearing agitated, and hi…
38y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
DA was a 38-year-old man who died from mixed drug toxicity involving sedating medications and alcohol. He had longstanding severe anxiety and became dependen…
44y · Female·Unascertained
…g opioids (hydromorphone, oxycodone) without holding required Schedule 8 permits and without consulting the Drugs and Poisons Regulation (DPR) Help Line, which would have revealed her history of drug-seeking behaviour an…
31y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
… rather than be apprehended. The coroner found the death was by suicide. The deceased had a long history of drug abuse, was on parole with bail conditions, had attempted suicide by heroin overdose days earlier, and had n…
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.
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…
21y · Male·combined effect of a cocktail of drugs taken by him, which caused central nervou…
Paul Fennessy, 21 years old, died from a cocktail of drugs causing central nervous system and respiratory depression with positional asphyxia on 6 January 2010. He h…
39y · Female·drowning associated with drug toxicity
…is revealed a toxic level of temazepam (1.2 mg/L) and therapeutic level of promethazine in her blood; these drugs have additive/synergistic effects increasing CNS depression and drowsiness. The deceased had a documented …
25y · Male·Cerebral hypoxia and multisystem organ failure from heroin (morphine) toxicity
Jade Dorogi, a 25-year-old man with a history of drug addiction but no prior heroin use, died from cerebral hypoxia and multisystem organ failure following heroi…
38y · Male·Unascertained; death in the waters of the Indian Ocean off Rottnest Island
…nd on 21 March 2016 while on holiday with his wife and parents. He had a history of depression, alcohol and drug addiction, and recent drug-induced psychosis for which he was prescribed lurasidone. After an argument with…
42y · Female·Heroin toxicity, self-administered
…fatal dose of heroin after being locked in her cell at 3:30pm on 24 February. Allegations that she appeared drug-affected during a visitor contact earlier that day were rejected as not credible based on CCTV evidence and…
27y · Female·Combined drug toxicity
XY, a 27-year-old woman, died from combined drug toxicity on 21–22 December 2016 at a friend's house in Melbourne. She had a history of opioid use, depressi…
30y · Male·acute alcohol (ethanol) toxicity
…ce died from acute ethanol toxicity after a prolonged drinking episode. Despite engagement with alcohol and drug services, counselling, and family support, he was unable to overcome his addiction. He consumed approximate…
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.…
39y · Male·unknown - presumed death, no cause or manner determined
…Sheiles, aged 39, disappeared after 25 February 2014 and is presumed dead. He had a long-standing heroin addiction and was involved in criminal activity. He discharged himself from detoxification on 23 February 2014 aga…
34y · Female·Global cerebral ischaemia secondary to mixed drug toxicity including a substance…
A 34-year-old woman with a 10-year history of heroin dependence died from mixed drug toxicity including heroin after injecting in a public toilet. She had engaged intermittently with methadone…
Female·Intrauterine pneumonia and meconium aspiration complicating intrauterine growth …
…lures included: absence of systematic substance use screening during early pregnancy, lack of specialist addiction medicine consultation despite known daily amphetamine use, non-attendance at appointments without assert…
Female·hanging (suicide)
…ween 2009 and 2013, but remained non-compliant with follow-up care and repeatedly relapsed into alcohol and drug use after discharge. Financial difficulties, unemployment, and loss of private health insurance limited her…
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