103 results for “acute drug overdose”
30y · Male·acute combined heroin and alcohol toxicity; ingestion of alcohol and heroin
Michael James Dwyer, a 30-year-old man, died on 17 June 1999 at Royal Perth Hospital from acute combined heroin and alcohol toxicity. On 11 June, after returning from Melbourne, he consumed approximatel…
45y · Male·methylenedioxymethylamphetamine (MDMA or 'ecstasy') toxicity
…d, obtaining and ingesting MDMA. His reduced tolerance following abstinence may have contributed to fatal overdose. The coroner found the death accidental. Clinical lessons include: recognizing relapse risk in substance-…
37y · Male·acute heart failure caused by multiple drug toxicity (methadone and alprazolam)
Richard Mark Kiel, a 37-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 2…
40y · Male·Acute methylamphetamine toxicity
Shane McMillan, aged 40, died from acute methylamphetamine toxicity while in police custody. He was arrested for domestic violence offences on 1 De…
24y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia secondary to drug abuse and overdose of multiple drugs
A 24-year-old man with schizophrenia died from aspiration pneumonia following overdose of multiple drugs including diazepam, tramadol, morphine, and others. The day before death, he took exces…
39y · Male·Multidrug toxicity (GHB, methylamphetamine, ketamine) in a setting of restraint …
Anthony Parisi, 39, died from multidrug toxicity (GHB, methamphetamine, ketamine) in a setting of police restraint and moderate coronary artery ath…
25y · Male·Cerebral hypoxia and multisystem organ failure from heroin (morphine) toxicity
Jade Dorogi, a 25-year-old man with a history of drug addiction but no prior heroin use, died from cerebral hypoxia and multisystem organ failure following heroi…
Unknown·Toxicity to protonitazene
…ith protonitazene, a novel synthetic opioid 100 times more potent than heroin. Michael Hodgkinson purchased drugs believed to be MDMA and cocaine but the cocaine contained protonitazene. All four occupants of the unit in…
75y · Male·Multiorgan failure complicating mixed drug toxicity
…an with end-stage cardiac failure and chronic renal failure died from multiorgan failure complicating mixed drug toxicity following intentional overdose of alcohol, temazepam, and oxycodone. He had expressed suicidal ide…
56y · Female·Acute combined drug toxicity
A 56-year-old woman died from acute combined drug toxicity following a fall in her bathroom on 12 March 2015. She had recently transitioned fr…
19y · Male·Toxic effects of multiple drugs, primarily gammahydroxybutyric acid (GHB), causi…
Charlie Robertson, a 19-year-old university student, died from polydrug toxicity (cocaine, MDMA, and GHB) on 13 June 2015. During the early morning execution of a police search wa…
29y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (heroin and methamphetamine)
A 29-year-old man with a history of heroin and methamphetamine addiction died from mixed drug toxicity. He had suffered a work-related back injury leading to opioid dependence, complicated by anxiety a…
51y · Male·mixed prescription drug toxicity (amisulpride, diazepam and mirtazapine)
A 51-year-old man with schizophrenia, depression and early dementia died from mixed prescription drug toxicity (amisulpride, diazepam, mirtazapine) after a deliberate overdose. He had recently presented to hos…
Unknown·Erfinna Lay: Aspiration resulting from Acute Multiple Drug Toxicity; John Quirk:…
Two young people died from acute multiple drug toxicity in 2005. Erfinna Lay (22, female) died from aspiration after ingesting chloral hydr…
43y · Female·Combined drug toxicity (tapentadol, sertraline, gabapentin, periciazine, carbama…
…uding schizoaffective disorder, borderline personality disorder, and chronic suicidality died from combined drug toxicity involving eight medications (tapentadol, sertraline, gabapentin, periciazine, carbamazepine, diaze…
51y · Male·acute methadone toxicity
A 51-year-old man died from acute methadone toxicity with a blood level of 2.5 mg/L (within fatal range). He was prescribed methadone tablet…
41y · Male·Pheniramine toxicity
David Scrofano, 41, died from pheniramine toxicity following an overdose of antihistamine tablets. He had a long history of schizophrenia, acquired brain injury, and poly-substan…
33y · Female·Combined drug toxicity, with thioridazine as the principal component, in the con…
Lou Ann Kelly, aged 33, died on 3 April 2003 at Royal Perth Hospital ICU from combined drug toxicity, primarily thioridazine, after consuming large quantities of prescription medications with alcohol…
55y · Female·Multiple drug toxicity in a woman with coronary artery atherosclerosis
…s, gastrointestinal disorders, mental health issues including DID, and suicidal ideation died from multiple drug toxicity following a morphine overdose. She ingested approximately 800mg of morphine mixture on the morning…
22y · Male·Mixed Diflunisal and Buproprion (Zyban) toxicity
… hours, delayed intubation despite seizures and declining consciousness, and failure to recognise the multi-drug overdose despite positive paracetamol and salicylate blood tests. The patient's non-disclosure of diflunisa…
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