47 results for “intentional medication overdose”
69y · Male·amitriptyline and alcohol toxicity with ischaemic heart disease
A 69-year-old man with longstanding anxiety, depression, heavy alcohol use, and multiple prior intentional overdoses of amitriptyline died from combined amitriptyline and alcohol toxicity with underlying ischae…
52y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
…lerosis, chronic pain, depression and history of suicidality died from mixed drug toxicity following an intentional overdose. He was prescribed multiple opioids (fentanyl, tramadol, oxycodone), benzodiazepines, pregabal…
86y · Female·Unable to be determined
…range 0.61–1.6mg/kg). A clinical pharmacologist opined that such high concentrations likely resulted from overdose (intentional or non-intentional) and might have increased risk of cardiotoxicity or seizure, particularly…
44y · Female·mixed drug toxicity with aspiration of gastric contents
…sion died from mixed drug toxicity with aspiration of gastric contents. She had been prescribed multiple medications including amitriptyline, diazepam, codeine, and lorazepam, with post-mortem toxicology showing potentia…
24y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
Sheridan Burnell, 24, died from mixed drug toxicity following an intentional overdose of prescription medications (lamotrigine and quetiapine) on 2 January 2021. Her mental health …
18y · Female·Colchicine toxicity
An 18-year-old female died from colchicine toxicity after intentional overdose of her father's medications during a mental health crisis. She ingested approximately 10-15g o…
75y · Male·Multiorgan failure complicating mixed drug toxicity
…ilure and chronic renal failure died from multiorgan failure complicating mixed drug toxicity following intentional overdose of alcohol, temazepam, and oxycodone. He had expressed suicidal ideation to family members on …
59y · Female·Global hypoxic brain injury due to mixed drug toxicity, specifically alprazolam …
…lowing cardiac arrest caused by mixed drug toxicity, with alprazolam levels in the fatal range. She had intentionally taken excess medication on 28 September 2021 before receiving a COVID-19 vaccine dose, a pattern her …
32y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
…annabis and amphetamines). Emergency services attended after his partner reported he had taken excessive medication following an argument. Paramedics assessed him as having capacity, appearing alert and denying overdose,…
84y · Male·Overdose of prescription morphine (Ordine oral morphine liquid), self-administer…
…-year-old man with advanced emphysema, colorectal cancer history, and severe functional decline took an intentional overdose of prescription morphine at home. In the weeks before death, he experienced progressive dyspno…
40y · Male·drug overdose (propofol)
…anaesthetic and recovery nurse at the Alfred Hospital with a history of anxiety and depression, died by intentional drug overdose using propofol and rocuronium obtained from his workplace. Following a relationship argum…
69y · Male·mixed drug toxicity; oxycodone overdose with doxylamine, temazepam, and naloxone
…, prepared letters and gifts for family members, and deliberately ingested a combination of prescription medications with the intention of ending his life. The coroner found no suspicious circumstances and no clinical fa…
44y · Male·Methamphetamine toxicity
…asmania. He had a history of depression, anxiety, heavy illicit drug use, and a recent suicide attempt by overdose in September 2021. Following relationship distress and suicidal text messages, he likely used methampheta…
43y · Female·Combined drug toxicity (tapentadol, sertraline, gabapentin, periciazine, carbama…
…orderline personality disorder, and chronic suicidality died from combined drug toxicity involving eight medications (tapentadol, sertraline, gabapentin, periciazine, carbamazepine, diazepam, zopiclone, promethazine). Sh…
49y · Female·combined prescription drug intoxication (zopiclone, amitriptyline, periciazine)
…amitriptyline, and periciazine, with systemic lupus erythematosus as a contributing factor. She ingested medications in quantities exceeding prescribed doses. The coroner could not definitively determine whether this was…
50y · Female·Combined drug toxicity in a woman with tension pneumothorax
… 7 January 2020, she was relocated to a neighbour's house by police. The next morning, she retrieved her medication including baclofen, and conducted internet searches on baclofen toxicity and overdose. She consumed an e…
56y · Female·Acute combined drug toxicity
…ut wished to persevere with tramadol. Toxicology showed very high tramadol concentrations consistent with overdose, likely from taking larger than prescribed amounts to manage pain. She fell in her bathroom while intoxic…
51y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
… treatment-resistant depression, chronic pain, and suicidal ideation died from mixed drug toxicity. She intentionally overdosed on multiple medications including benzodiazepines, antidepressants, and analgesics. The cor…
63y · Female·unable to determine; possibly mirtazapine toxicity, cardiac disease, or injectio…
Sue Denise Allie, aged 63, died at home in July 2015. She had presented to hospital in May 2015 with superwarfarin (brodifacoum) poisoning from rat poison, which she attributed to handling contaminated material. Medical …
13y · Female·Acute paracetamol toxicity
Angel Hensgen, aged 13, died from acute paracetamol toxicity following intentional self-harm with an excessive overdose. She was exposed to intense cyberbullying, distressed by family re…
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