105 results for “prescription drug abuse”
48y · Male·combined drug intoxication from morphine and quetiapine
… pain and mental health issues, died from combined morphine and quetiapine intoxication after injecting prescription morphine. He was receiving daily Subutex in Tasmania from addiction services but was also being prescri…
31y · Male·mixed drug toxicity
Robert Henderson, 31, died from mixed drug toxicity while subject to a community involuntary treatment order for schizophrenia. He was admitted to hos…
36y · Female·Stab wound to the right chest
…igh-dose tramadol (700-800mg daily) for chronic pain over 22 months by his GP without documented substance abuse assessment, despite documented history of polysubstance dependence. When Eckersley ceased alcohol and cann…
0y · Female·Morphine toxicity
… doctor (Dr S.) failing to recognize and appropriately manage the parents' escalating opioid dependence and drug-seeking behaviour despite clear warning signs; failure to refer them to addiction treatment services; polic…
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…
41y · Female·mixed drug and alcohol toxicity
Karen Louise Richards, 41 years old, died from mixed drug and alcohol toxicity on 11 January 2014. She had consumed heroin (evidenced by 6-MAM metabolite), alcohol, …
24y · Female·Exsanguination from injuries sustained while attempting to climb from a height i…
Phoebe Handsjuk, a 24-year-old woman with a history of depression, anxiety, and alcohol abuse, was found deceased in the refuse room of her apartment building on 2 December 2010. The coroner found she…
17y · Female·Combined drug toxicity (heroin, codeine, methadone, benzodiazepines)
Hannah Charles, a 17-year-old with substance abuse issues, died from combined drug toxicity (heroin, codeine, methadone, benzodiazepines) at a private reside…
21y · Male·combined effect of a cocktail of drugs causing central nervous system depression…
…1-year-old with polysubstance addiction and mental health issues, died from positional asphyxia following a drug overdose on 6 January 2010. He presented to the Emergency Department that afternoon after overdosing on met…
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…
45y · Female·mixed drug toxicity including heroin and methylamphetamine
Barbara Dobson, a 45-year-old woman with a long history of substance abuse, violent relationships, and mental health issues, died of mixed drug toxicity including heroin and methyla…
30y · Male·asphyxia due to hanging (suicide)
…ttempt reported by police. Dr G. prescribed unrestricted diazepam (50 tablets) despite Mr Ryan's substance abuse history, and conducted only a 10-15 minute discharge assessment without reviewing the file. When Mr Ryan r…
44y · Male·Heroin toxicity
…bis. A critical missed opportunity was identified: the correctional services failed to refer him to RAPIDS (drug and alcohol assessment service) prior to release, despite his documented history of multiple recent overdos…
36y · Female·combined effects of baclofen toxicity and blunt head injury
Kim Melissa Hall, 36, died from combined baclofen toxicity and blunt head injury sustained during falls while acutely intoxicated. She had severe alcohol dependence treated with off-label baclofen prescribed by her GP. O…
52y · Female·gunshot wound to head
… zolpidem at the time of her death. The death occurred in the context of decades of physical and emotional abuse by her husband, which was never reported to or detected by healthcare providers. Significant clinical less…
37y · Male·Sergeant Huitson: gunshot wound to chest and abdomen; Ansell: multiple gunshot w…
… August 1999 where Rodney Ansell, a man suffering from deteriorating mental health and chronic amphetamine abuse, opened fire on the Stuart Highway killing Sergeant Glen Huitson and wounding three civilians. Ansell had …
43y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
…hs preceding the deaths, Mr Floyd exhibited delusional beliefs that Ms Holt was having affairs, abusing prescription codeine, and reporting him to authorities—beliefs without any evidentiary basis. He engaged in coercive…
36y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
…certainty; patients with complex presentations (personality disorder, acquired brain injury, polysubstance abuse) require extended, intensive inpatient care; critical system gaps exist in community residential options f…
33y · Male·toxic effects of oxycodone
A 33-year-old man died from oxycodone toxicity after his general practitioner prescribed escalating doses of the opioid for intermittent migraines over 14 months (5-30mg daily), despite a prior rejection of a pethidine a…
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…
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