192 results for “morphine toxicity”
25y · Female·mixed drug toxicity
Rachel Smith, a 25-year-old woman with chronic migraines and depression, died from mixed drug toxicity after consuming multiple prescription medications including oxycodone, codeine, tramadol, diazepam, amitr…
29y · Female·Mixed Drug Toxicity
A 29-year-old woman died from mixed drug toxicity after being found unresponsive at a residential parenting program. She had complex medical conditions inc…
31y · Male·accidental overdose of fentanyl
… intent to self-harm. Clinical lessons include recognition that fentanyl is 50-100 times more potent than morphine with a narrow therapeutic margin; the high-risk population for fentanyl misuse (males aged 30-39); and ex…
58y · Male·Amitriptyline toxicity
Lloyd Felman, a 58-year-old man with chronic pain, depression, and alcohol use, died from amitriptyline toxicity in July 2008. In the three weeks prior, he presented to hospital three times with bizarre high-risk behav…
Male·Motor vehicle crash injuries; Arjomand: unsurvivable head injury; Hiron: chest a…
Three men died in a single-vehicle motor vehicle crash in rural Western Australia while under the influence of methamphetamine and other drugs. The driver (Arjomand) sustained a non-survivable head injury; the passengers…
24y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (heroin, benzodiazepine and others)
Samuel Morrison, 24, died from combined drug toxicity involving heroin, benzodiazepines and other substances. He had a long history of depression, anxiety and …
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 …
18y · Male·Heroin toxicity
…n 18-year-old with autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, and borderline intellectual function, died from heroin toxicity in his supported accommodation. He had a complex history of behavioural challenges, out-of-home care plac…
29y · Male·mixed drug toxicity including heroin
Troy Daniel Saint, a 29-year-old man with amphetamine and opioid dependence, died of mixed drug toxicity including heroin while admitted to The Melbourne Clinic for voluntary detoxification. Critical failures o…
26y · Female·Multiple drug toxicity
Alissa Campbell, aged 26, died from accidental drug overdose caused by multiple prescription medications—predominantly codeine and doxepin in combination with benzodiazepines. She had accessed prescription drugs from at …
92y · Female·Clozapine toxicity in a lady with terminal lung carcinoma
A 92-year-old woman with terminal lung cancer died from clozapine toxicity after receiving medication intended for another resident. An Enrolled Nurse preparing the medication trol…
54y · Female·mixed drug toxicity (methadone and diazepam)
A 54-year-old woman with long-standing opioid use disorder died from mixed methadone and diazepam toxicity. She had tripled her methadone dose by injecting additional takeaway doses alongside her prescribed pharm…
34y · Female·Multi drug toxicity
Jodie Overstead, a 34-year-old with epilepsy, anxiety, and chronic pain, died from multi-drug toxicity involving tramadol, codeine, amitriptyline, benzodiazepines and other drugs. She engaged in 'doctor shopp…
2y · Male·Tramadol toxicity in the setting of adenotonsillectomy in a child with Pierre Ro…
Dane Hortle, a 2-year-old with Pierre Robin Sequence and obstructive sleep apnoea, died from tramadol toxicity following adenotonsillectomy. He was discharged with a prescription for tramadol 25mg, which was dispense…
39y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury
David Leslie Chapman, age 39, collapsed from a suspected heroin overdose in Richmond on 9 June 2016 and died from hypoxic ischaemic brain injury on 17 June 2016. He had a lengthy history of heroin use, mental health cond…
25y · Male·opiate toxicity (heroin overdose)
…rotection program participant, was found dead in his Caloundra apartment on 11 September 1995 from opiate toxicity (heroin overdose). He had relocated from Western Australia to Queensland after agreeing to testify agains…
27y · Male·combined drug toxicity (U-47700 and etizolam)
Mark Sach, aged 27, died from combined drug toxicity involving U-47700 (a synthetic opioid 7.5 times more potent than morphine) and etizolam (a benzodiazepine…
54y · Male·Methadone use in a man with asthma and sarcoidosis of the lungs
…iverted, likely obtained illicitly. He had a longstanding opioid use disorder progressing from prescribed morphine to buprenorphine patches, then oxycodone, heroin, and methamphetamine. The coroner emphasised that methad…
46y · Male·Opioid toxicity (tapentadol and oxycodone)
Bradley Liefvoort, 46, died from opioid toxicity (tapentadol and oxycodone) at home in Dandenong. Over a decade of prescription medication misuse began wi…
32y · Female·combined drug toxicity, mainly heroin
Natasha Calleja, 32 years old, died from combined drug toxicity (mainly heroin) while an involuntary inpatient at Swanston Centre psychiatric unit after her de facto par…
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