69 results for “heroin addiction history”
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 bac…
38y · Male·Toxicity to heroin
A 38-year-old man with a 24-year history of heroin addiction died from heroin toxicity shortly after release from prison. He had recently complete…
44y · Male·Heroin toxicity
A 44-year-old man with a 24-year history of opioid addiction died from heroin toxicity two days after release from prison on a Community Correctio…
38y · Male·mixed drug toxicity and arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
…rs knowing about concurrent prescriptions from other doctors; (2) Dr W. accepted unsubstantiated claims of heroin addiction to justify methadone prescription shortly after Kromwyk tested positive for non-prescribed metha…
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 follo…
43y · Male·methylamphetamine and heroin toxicity
A 43-year-old man died from methylamphetamine and heroin toxicity while on home detention bail. He had a complex psychiatric history including depression, psychosi…
30y · Male·Cause of death remains uncertain; likely drug-related but not established
Jason Britten, a 30-year-old man with a long history of heroin use and mental health issues including previous suicide attempts, was found dead at his home in…
34y · Female·Global cerebral ischaemia secondary to mixed drug toxicity including a substance…
A 34-year-old woman with a 10-year history of heroin dependence died from mixed drug toxicity including heroin after injecting in a public toilet. S…
44y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to heroin and alcohol toxicity
A 44-year-old male died from hypoxic brain injury caused by heroin and alcohol toxicity following an overdose. He had a history of depression, financial difficulties, and pr…
42y · Male·MIXED DRUG TOXICITY
James Komninakis, a 42-year-old man with a long history of illicit drug use since adolescence, died from mixed drug toxicity on 12 January 2020. Post-mortem toxi…
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 illicit drug use, …
35y · Male·heroin toxicity
Jeffrey Thomas White, 35, died from heroin toxicity while on home detention bail. He had a 13-year history of polysubstance abuse including heroin, a…
17y · Female·mixed drug toxicity
…idly escalated her dose from 35mg to 70mg in five days without assessing previous psychiatric treatment or heroin history. Nicole was taking benzodiazepines, doxepin, and fluoxetine—creating dangerous CNS depression. On …
31y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
… the head rather than be apprehended. The coroner found the death was by suicide. The deceased had a long history of drug abuse, was on parole with bail conditions, had attempted suicide by heroin overdose days earlier,…
39y · Male·Haemorrhage from right groin wound
A 39-year-old man with extensive intravenous drug use history died from haemorrhage following rupture of a femoral artery aneurysm during a groin injection attempt. He…
30y · Male·Alcohol and drug toxicity
Dean Withall, aged 30, died from alcohol and drug toxicity following heroin injection combined with alcohol consumption. He had a long history of drug and alcohol abuse and was relea…
29y · Male·Combined methadone, diazepam and clonazepam toxicity in a man commencing a metha…
…course in 2009. Dr D. conducted a perfunctory assessment without corroborating the patient's self-reported heroin use, failed to obtain collateral history from the patient's partner or previous medical providers, and pre…
28y · Female·combined drug toxicity (heroin and prescribed psychiatric medications)
…original woman with longstanding mental illness and polysubstance abuse, died from combined drug toxicity (heroin plus prescribed psychiatric medications) shortly after discharge from hospital on a community treatment or…
Female·Hanging
The deceased was a woman with a long history of heroin abuse, benzodiazepine misuse, and mental health issues including depression and psychotic behav…
37y · Male·Morphine toxicity from accidental overdose of crushed Kapanol (slow-release morp…
…ne toxicity due to accidental overdose of crushed Kapanol (slow-release morphine capsules). He had a long history of polysubstance abuse, encephalitis from age 15, and was enrolled in a methadone program. The death occu…
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