158 results for “chronic pain disorder”
35y · Female·combined drug toxicity
A 35-year-old woman with long-standing substance use disorder, depression, and chronic pain died from combined drug toxicity involving methadone, pregabalin, methamphe…
59y · Female·Global hypoxic brain injury due to mixed drug toxicity, specifically alprazolam …
A 59-year-old woman with a 30-year history of alprazolam dependence for anxiety disorder died from global hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest caused by mixed drug toxicity, with alpraz…
40y · Male·aspiration pneumonitis with acute alcoholic hepatitis, pancreatitis, mixed drug …
Trent Ian Johnston, a 40-year-old man with a history of chronic paranoid schizophrenia, alcohol and substance abuse, died from aspiration pneumonitis complicated by mixe…
40y · Male·Injuries sustained in a fall from height
Daniel McKindley, 40, died from injuries sustained in a fall from the 16-metre platform of Poppet Head Lookout tower in Bendigo. He had depression and anxiety treated by his GP with antidepressants (mirtazapine then sert…
57y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity, predominantly propoxyphene (Doloxene)
…itoring, despite the patient exceeding recommended daily doses (8 tablets/day vs maximum 6). No alternative pain management strategies, specialist referrals, or genuine medication reduction plans were documented. Key cli…
44y · Male·mixed drug toxicity
…uetiapine, codeine, diazepam, fluoxetine). He had complex psychiatric history with factitious and somatic disorders, chronic pain, and documented drug-seeking behaviour. His GP had implemented strict weekly medication pa…
45y · Male·drowning and intoxication with methamphetamine and other substances
45-year-old male with long-standing substance use disorder, depression, and anxiety died from drowning combined with acute methamphetamine intoxication. In the week…
49y · Female·Multi-drug toxicity from intentional self-administration of intravenous fentanyl…
A 49-year-old paramedic with Ambulance Victoria died from multi-drug toxicity after deliberately self-administering intravenous fentanyl and midazolam accessed from her employer's medication safe. The coroner examined wh…
45y · Male·Blood loss due to multiple self-inflicted incised injuries
Karim Aarras, a 45-year-old man with longstanding mental health issues, chronic pain, and substance use disorder (methamphetamine), presented to police in a severely agitated state foll…
45y · Male·multi-drug toxicity from ingestion of methadone and amitriptyline
…tructured mental health care planning despite known suicidal ideation. Dr H. failed to refer to psychiatry, pain specialists, or drug/alcohol services despite complexity. The mental health team (RCNACS) performed appropr…
38y · Male·Toxicity to heroin
…s. Despite brief post-release engagement (accommodation support, GP referrals to drug and alcohol services, pain management), the deceased declined formal addiction treatment and appears to have rapidly resumed heroin us…
31y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (heroin, bromazolam, metonitazine, protonitazene, methamphet…
Ryan Robinson, a 31-year-old man with longstanding opioid use disorder and complex mental health conditions, died from mixed drug toxicity involving heroin, novel psychoactive …
84y · Male·Bronchopneumonia in the setting of pulmonary emphysema and hypertensive heart di…
…rary Treatment Order. He had multiple comorbidities including congestive heart failure, COPD, and bipolar disorder, with poor medication compliance from 2018. He was non-compliant with care, refusing physical examination…
66y · Female·aspiration pneumonitis and gangrenous necrosis of both feet
… untreated rheumatoid arthritis, severe lower limb cellulitis with gangrenous necrosis, and a personality disorder died from aspiration pneumonitis. She had progressive immobility, lived on a couch, and refused hospital …
4y · Male·Oxycodone toxicity from ingestion of 80mg OxyContin tablet
…edication. The tablet was not appropriately stored and remained accessible to the child. His parents were chronically dependent on prescription opioids and benzodiazepines, frequently incapacitated and unable to supervi…
43y · Male·Amitriptyline toxicity
Scott Alan Murdoch, a 43-year-old maximum-security prisoner with chronic suicidal ideation, borderline personality disorder, and a documented history of medication hoarding and o…
52y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
…8 in circumstances consistent with suicide. She had a long history of depression, childhood abuse trauma, chronic pain conditions, and recent relationship breakdown. She presented to healthcare services multiple times e…
36y · Male·Hanging
A 36-year-old male prisoner with complex psychiatric history, substance use disorder, and recent cancer diagnosis died by hanging in prison. Recent mental health assessments (within 3 days) …
Troy Thomas Lee: acute neck compression due to hanging; Scott Leslie Matthews: m…
Two men died by suicide while on home detention bail awaiting trial. Troy Thomas Lee (38, hanging) and Scott Leslie Matthews (23, mixed drug toxicity from tramadol and alprazolam overdose) both died on their parents' pre…
44y · Female·Mixed alcohol and drug toxicity (tapentadol, diazepam, mirtazapine, amitriptylin…
… intentional polypharmacy overdose with alcohol consumption. She had a history of depression, alcohol use disorder, chronic pain, and two prior suicide attempts. On 12 September 2023, she called ACIS (Acute Crisis Interv…
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