Coronial

10 results for acute methadone intoxication

TAShome2021-12-02

Coroner's Finding: Lowe, Paul 2021 TASCD 684

42y · Male·acute methadone intoxication

…r-old man with treatment-resistant epilepsy, schizophrenia, and long-standing opioid dependence, died from acute methadone intoxication on 12-13 August 2018. Evidence strongly indicates he injected his Sunday takeaway m…

addiction medicinepsychiatrymedicationmethadone
SAhome2002-05-23

Coroner's Finding: DAVIES Nicole Memory Faye

17y · Female·mixed drug toxicity

Nicole Davies, 17, died from mixed drug toxicity after rapid methadone dose escalation during early maintenance therapy. She presented with clear signs of intoxication (drowsi…

general practiceaddiction medicinediagnosticmedicationmethadone
TAScommunity2021-04-20

Coroner's Finding: Young, Jeremy Dean

45y · Male·drowning and intoxication with methamphetamine and other substances

…d male with long-standing substance use disorder, depression, and anxiety died from drowning combined with acute methamphetamine intoxication. In the weeks before death, he displayed escalating paranoia and delusions, a…

pathologyaddiction medicinemethamphetamine
NSWhospital2022-02-25

Inquest into the death of Carley METCALFE

41y · Female·unable to determine

…2017, three weeks after disappearing. She had presented to Lismore Base Hospital on 1-2 November 2017 with acute psychosis related to schizophrenia, having ceased antipsychotic medication and methadone. The mental healt…

emergency medicinepsychiatrydiagnosticcommunicationolanzapine
VICcommunity2016-02-12

Finding into death of ARCHIVE Finding Hunter Joseph Stewart

27y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (heroin, methadone, diazepam and amphetamines)

…Stewart, a 27-year-old with major depressive disorder and alcohol dependence, was admitted to St Vincent's Acute Inpatient Service following police custody for public intoxication. He was treated for alcohol withdrawal …

psychiatryaddiction medicinecommunicationsystemheroin
SAhome2020-05-28

Coroner's Finding: WHITE Jeffrey Thomas

35y · Male·heroin toxicity

… Services SA requesting help, stating he was injecting $100-150 of heroin weekly plus illegally obtained methadone. On 27 July, his partner found him unwell and in pain. He was found deceased the following day. Toxicolo…

addiction medicinegeneral practicedelayheroin
NTcommunity2005-07-19

Inquest into the death of Carlene Coombe

43y · Female·stab wound to the chest; contributing factors were aspiration of stomach content…

…available records. She attended ED two days before death with significant head trauma and heavy alcohol intoxication following alleged assault. The coroner noted her alcohol toxicity (0.313%), cannabis use, and aspiratio…

forensic medicinegeneral practicealcohol
TAScommunity2016-11-28

Coroner's Finding: Deaths from a Public Place

Suicide by intentional fall or jump from Tasman Bridge

…s but shared mental health vulnerabilities: depression, anxiety, substance use (alcohol and/or drugs), and acute stressors (relationship breakdown, grief, work stress, financial concerns). Coroner examined infrastructur…

psychiatrypublic healthalcohol
WAcommunity2014-12-30

Inquest into the Death of Gyan Murray JEFFERY

31y · Male·Head and chest injury

Gyan Murray Jeffery, age 31, died from head and chest injuries sustained when struck by two motor vehicles on the South Western Highway at Argyle, Western Australia, on 30 September 2011. He had a longstanding history of…

psychiatryemergency medicinemethamphetamine
NSWhospital2023-07-21

Inquest into the death of Ziad Hamawy

51y · Male·complications of opiate toxicity; cardiac and respiratory arrest following drug …

Ziad Hamawy, a 51-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia and polysubstance use disorder, died from opiate toxicity after cardiac arrest following his discharge from Concord Hospital's mental health unit on 18 March 2019…

psychiatryemergency medicinediagnosticcommunicationheroin

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