38y · Female·mixed drug toxicity (lethal level of dothiepin, potentially lethal level of morp…
A 38-year-old woman with long-standing heroin and benzodiazepine dependence died from mixed drug toxicity following injection of heroin. Her GP had pres…
21y · Male·heroin toxicity
A 21-year-old man died from heroin toxicity while on home detention bail. He had been engaged in a methadone program and psychological treatm…
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 le…
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. She had enga…
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…
28y · Male·heroin toxicity
…isorder, depression, anxiety, and polysubstance abuse, was admitted to Alfred Health following a suspected heroin overdose suicide attempt on 27 October 2008. Under the care of Consultant Psychiatrist Dr A., he received …
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 …
34y · Male·heroin toxicity with possible contribution from coronary atherosclerosis
Darren Fitzgerald, a 34-year-old lifer serving for murder, died in Woodford Correctional Centre from heroin toxicity with possible contribution from coronary atherosclerosis. He had a documented history of drug abu…
24y · Female·unascertained
…traumatic injuries consistent with being ejected from a vehicle, and toxicology revealed methadone, recent heroin use, and multiple benzodiazepines. While a hypothesis of drug-induced unconsciousness during sex work foll…
32y · Male·Multiple drug toxicity (including heroin)
Kirk Steven Ardern, a 32-year-old male with a long history of opioid dependence and substance abuse, died from multiple drug toxicity (including heroin) three days after release from p…
Female·Hanging
The deceased was a woman with a long history of heroin abuse, benzodiazepine misuse, and mental health issues including depression and psychotic behaviour. She r…
52y · Male·septicaemia caused by Streptococcus Milleri group pneumonia
…he appeared unwell; Dr W. appropriately urged hospital attendance but he declined. He died after injecting heroin and taking multiple prescription drugs. The coroner found no error—Dr W. managed a highly complex, non-com…
47y · Male·self-inflicted stab wound to the chest with penetration of the left ventricle of…
…ing his sentence on home detention died from a self-inflicted stab wound to the chest. He had a history of heroin and methamphetamine use and was receiving methadone maintenance and mirtazapine while in custody. In early…
33y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (heroin, buprenorphine and benzodiazepines)
A 33-year-old man with polysubstance abuse disorder and mental illness died from mixed drug toxicity (heroin, buprenorphine, and benzodiazepines). He engaged in 'prescription shopping' across multiple medical practi…
31y · Male·Head and chest injury
… had a longstanding history of mental illness, poly-substance abuse including intravenous amphetamines and heroin, chronic suicidal ideation, and multiple psychiatric admissions. On the day of his death, he consumed amph…
31y · Male·Multidrug overdose including heroin
…ld man with depression, severe anxiety, and substance use disorder, died from multidrug overdose including heroin. He had long-standing benzodiazepine (Xanax) abuse since his late teens, complicated by methamphetamine us…
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…
26y · Male·unascertained; suspected suicide by firearm
…ppeared on 14 January 2012 from his family farm in regional Victoria. He had a history of substance abuse (heroin, OxyContin, cannabis) from age 21 and severe mental illness from 2009, including paranoid ideation and com…
57y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (heroin, methadone, benzodiazepines including novel benzodia…
Raymond John Flaherty, a 57-year-old Wurundjeri man with longstanding opioid and benzodiazepine dependence, died from mixed drug toxicity involving heroin, methadone, prescribed diazepam, unprescribed benzodiaze…
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 detox…
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