127 results for “heroin overdose”
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 heroin toxicity. He ingested heroi…
34y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic encephalopathy; Heroin toxicity
A 34-year-old man with a history of heroin abuse died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following heroin toxicity after injecting in a public par…
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 approximately one litre of g…
44y · Female·Heroin toxicity
Sandra Michelle Liddy, aged 44, died from heroin toxicity while on unescorted day leave from an involuntary mental health admission. She had a 25-year psyc…
28y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
…manda Bertram, a 28-year-old with 8 years of drug addiction, died from mixed drug toxicity after injecting heroin and consuming amphetamines. Toxicology revealed potentially fatal levels of methylamphetamine and morphine…
27y · Male·heroin toxicity
A 27-year-old man died from heroin toxicity while on home detention bail. He had a history of depression, anxiety, and substance use (cannabi…
38y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to cardiorespiratory arrest caused by mixed…
Constance Burrett, 38, died from mixed drug toxicity (heroin and methylamphetamine overdose) causing hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy and cardiorespiratory arrest. The…
Unknown·heroin toxicity
Kelvin Charles Murray died on 3 September 2004 from heroin toxicity at a residential address in Goodna, Queensland. The death occurred following heroin use at a priv…
31y · Male·Multidrug overdose including heroin
LP, a 31-year-old 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 …
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…
54y · Male·Heroin overdose
A 54-year-old man with schizophrenia and long-standing substance use disorder died from heroin overdose in a squatter house in Collingwood. He had been discharged from psychiatric hospital six weeks pr…
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…
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…
33y · Female·heroin toxicity
Yvette Havet, a 33-year-old woman recovering from alcohol and drug addiction, died of heroin toxicity in May 2007. The coroner found that her fiancé administered the lethal injection, though she had …
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 partner supplied he…
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…
36y · Male·mixed drug toxicity including heroin and methamphetamine
A 36-year-old man with a history of intravenous drug use died from mixed drug toxicity involving heroin and methamphetamine. He was recently released on parole and appeared to be reintegrating successfully. Dur…
28y · Male·toxicity to heroin
Michael Anthony, aged 28, died from heroin toxicity in a locked toilet cubicle at the Braybrook Hotel on 8-9 March 2011. He had a 13-year history of …
29y · Male·mixed drug toxicity including heroin
…iel 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 occurred: (1) Nursi…
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 completed a 3-month…
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