130 results for “methadone toxicity”
37y · Male·acute heart failure caused by multiple drug toxicity (methadone and alprazolam)
…-year-old with chronic opioid addiction, died from acute heart failure caused by lethally high levels of methadone and alprazolam, likely consumed on 9 September 2005. His GP, Dr G., prescribed these medications (includ…
35y · Male·heroin toxicity
Jeffrey Thomas White, 35, died from heroin toxicity while on home detention bail. He had a 13-year history of polysubstance abuse including heroin, amphetami…
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…
37y · Male·Morphine toxicity from accidental overdose of crushed Kapanol (slow-release morp…
A 37-year-old male subject to home detention bail died from morphine toxicity due to accidental overdose of crushed Kapanol (slow-release morphine capsules). He had a long history of …
33y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating mixed drug toxicity
…oman with chronic pain on high-dose opioids, underwent ketamine infusion with planned opioid rotation to methadone in May 2017. She was discharged on 23 May on methadone 5mg twice daily plus up to 15mg as-needed. On 26 …
34y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
…lysubstance abuse disorder, borderline personality disorder, and chronic depression, died from mixed drug toxicity following discharge from The Alfred psychiatric unit. He was admitted to hospital on 20 April 2009 with s…
Male, female, male, female·Nicholas Brown: combined drug (methadone and benzodiazepine) intoxication; Toni …
…g grossly violated Tasmanian Opioid Pharmacotherapy Program (TOPP) guidelines through excessive takeaway methadone doses to clinically unstable patients, dangerous co-prescription of high-dose benzodiazepines without sa…
33y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating mixed drug toxicity
… with chronic pain and opioid dependence, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following mixed drug toxicity. She underwent a ketamine infusion with opioid rotation from oxycodone to methadone at Victorian Rehabili…
47y · Male·Bronchopneumonia on a background of methadone and benzodiazepine use
…nk Frood, a 47-year-old man with a 20-year history of heroin use and opioid replacement therapy (ORT) on methadone, died from bronchopneumonia with a background of methadone and benzodiazepine use. He suffered chronic s…
33y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
…er, schizoaffective disorder, autism, ADHD) and long-standing substance use disorder died from mixed drug toxicity. Postmortem toxicology revealed high-concentration morphine alongside diazepam, methadone, oxazepam, mirt…
27y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (heroin, methadone, diazepam and amphetamines)
…led in a detoxification program. Six days after discharge, he attended a general practitioner requesting methadone for recent illicit substance use but did not disclose his current psychiatric medications or recent hosp…
51y · Female·Cannot be determined; likely mixed drug (including alcohol) toxicity or undeterm…
…2018. The cause of death could not be determined due to decomposition, but toxicology revealed mixed drug toxicity including fatal levels of methadone and hydromorphone (prescribed to her grandmother and likely taken fro…
44y · Female·Intoxication by the combined effects of tramadol, methadone, diazepam, codeine, …
…nxiety, and depression who was opioid-dependent, died from intoxication by combined effects of tramadol, methadone, diazepam, codeine, alprazolam, risperidone, doxepin, and metoclopramide. She obtained prescriptions fro…
45y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (methadone, amitriptyline, gabapentin, paracetamol)
A 45-year-old male prisoner died in custody from combined drug toxicity after ingesting methadone, amitriptyline, gabapentin and paracetamol. He had a documented history of hoar…
37y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (methadone, fentanyl, diazepam and pregabalin)
Daniel Joseph Herbert, aged 37, died from combined drug toxicity involving methadone, fentanyl, diazepam and pregabalin. He had a 17-year history of opioid dependence ste…
41y · Male·multi-organ failure due to severe lactic acidosis due to metformin toxicity
A 41-year-old man with depression, anxiety, and substance abuse history deliberately ingested 390 metformin tablets on 24 December 2009 in a suicide attempt. He presented to the ED conscious and coherent, reporting the o…
53y · Female·mixed prescription drug toxicity
…depression, OCD, substance abuse disorder, and chronic non-cancer pain, died from mixed prescription drug toxicity involving venlafaxine, methadone, amitriptyline, quetiapine, and diazepam. Her treating psychiatrist, Dr …
22y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (alprazolam, methadone, diazepam, dextromethorphan and op…
…lund, a 22-year-old with complex drug-seeking behaviour and polypharmacy addiction, died of combined drug toxicity (alprazolam, methadone, diazepam, dextromethorphan). He manipulated multiple GPs by misrepresenting his t…
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…
51y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (methadone and benzodiazepines) in a man with coronary an…
Michael Darmody, 51, died in police custody from combined drug toxicity in the setting of underlying coronary and cerebrovascular disease. He was remanded overnight and found un…
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