115 results for “prescription drug addiction”
38y · Male·Organizing pneumonia with loculated pleural effusion in the setting of drug use …
Paul Kanis, a 38-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder, drug dependency, diabetes, and asthma, died from organizing pneumonia with loculated pleural effusion in the set…
31y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
…an with long-standing opioid dependence enrolled in the Queensland Opioid Treatment Program died from mixed drug toxicity, with toxic levels of Fentanyl and other drugs in her system. A general practitioner prescribed he…
34y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
…with polysubstance 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…
60y · Male·Complications of chronic lung disease (emphysema, foreign body giant cell reacti…
…ol abuse, and hepatic cirrhosis. Post-mortem examination revealed marked emphysema, evidence of intravenous drug abuse (foreign body giant cell reaction in lungs), and moderate atherosclerotic coronary disease. The coron…
4y · Male·Oxycodone toxicity from ingestion of 80mg OxyContin tablet
…ot appropriately stored and remained accessible to the child. His parents were chronically dependent on prescription opioids and benzodiazepines, frequently incapacitated and unable to supervise him. The Department of Hu…
36y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
…urner, a 36-year-old woman with borderline personality disorder and substance use disorder, died from mixed drug toxicity after being discharged from Maroondah Hospital on 8 March 2017. She had been admitted with opioid …
22y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (methadone and benzodiazepines)
William John Bailey, a 22-year-old man recently released from prison, died from combined drug toxicity involving methadone and benzodiazepines. He consumed methadone takeaway doses prescribed to his ho…
50y · Male·Complications of right buttock necrotising fasciitis secondary to chronic right …
… Dr O'Toole's practice of prescribing high-dose IM morphine for home self-injection to a patient with prior drug dependence fell far below accepted standards. No medical expert supported this approach. Proper chronic pai…
44y · Male·intravenous injection of foreign debris (crushed tablets) associated with chroni…
…er found that Dr W. should not have prescribed takeaway doses given Wellington's clear history of injecting drugs, and should have required supervised oral consumption at the pharmacy. While Wellington's complex mental h…
32y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging) in a man with methadone and methylamp…
…stance use disorder but did not warrant psychiatric hospitalization. However, he was able to access illicit drugs (methylamphetamine, cannabis) and prescription medications he was not prescribed (amitriptyline, quetiapin…
34y · Male·Mixed methadone and thioridazine toxicity
…from mixed methadone and thioridazine toxicity. He was on methadone maintenance (110mg daily) for opioid addiction and was prescribed thioridazine 100mg nightly for depression. Post-mortem toxicology showed toxic methad…
39y · Male·combined drug toxicity
Phillip Buckley, 39, died from combined drug toxicity involving oxycontin, diazepam, alcohol and venlafaxine. He had been prescribed high-dose oxycontin…
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…
33y · Male·toxic effects of oxycodone
…nths (5-30mg daily), despite a prior rejection of a pethidine application for the same indication due to addiction and adverse effect risks. The prescriber did not recognize opioid dependence development or exercise app…
39y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to cardiorespiratory arrest due to methadon…
…ioration, presentation with acute confusion and track marks suggesting injection use, benzodiazepine co-prescription, and domestic violence. The deceased injected multiple methadone doses on the morning of her death. The…
64y · Female·Combined toxicity to alcohol and baclofen
Anna Lawrence, 64, died from combined toxicity of alcohol and baclofen on 30 April 2020. She had a 40+ year history of alcohol dependency, borderline personality disorder, depression, and multiple suicide attempts. Baclo…
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…
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 residence where she had been staying wi…
36y · Male·Mixed prescription drug toxicity (morphine, lignocaine, amiodarone and midazolam…
…tely consuming fatal quantities of morphine, lignocaine, amiodarone and midazolam stolen from the workplace drug store. The coroner found that while Crump's intentional act directly caused his death, significant organisa…
54y · Male·carbon monoxide asphyxia
Dallas Brooks Shrimpton, a 54-year-old man with severe alcohol dependence, chronic depression, and multiple previous suicide attempts, died by carbon monoxide asphyxiation. He presented to Royal Hobart Hospital ED on 16 …
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