14 results for “intravenous heroin injection”
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 o…
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 in…
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 …
40y · Female·acute right-sided congestive heart failure (cor pulmonale) resulting from intrav…
Kaylene Mundy, aged 40, died from acute right-sided congestive heart failure (cor pulmonale) caused by intravenous injection of crushed alprazolam tablets. She had a long history of opioid and polysubstance abuse, with…
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…
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…
51y · Female·embolic infarcts complicating infective endocarditis
…ah Cooper, aged 51, died from embolic infarcts complicating infective endocarditis secondary to chronic intravenous opioid use. She presented with severe physical deterioration over three days including swollen feet, re…
56y · Female·combined drug toxicity (methadone, diazepam, amitriptyline and mirtazapine); pul…
…ceased methadone treatment five months prior to death. She obtained methadone illegally and injected it intravenously—a highly dangerous practice she had engaged in for years. The coroner found her death accidental, not…
37y · Male·Morphine toxicity from accidental overdose of crushed Kapanol (slow-release morp…
…ents with opioid use disorders; understanding that slow-release formulations can be crushed and misused intravenously; and the limitations of electronic monitoring devices that only track location rather than welfare. E…
44y · Male·cardiogenic shock, on a background of severe tricuspid valve regurgitation, seve…
Jeffrey Blundell, a 44-year-old man with severe intravenous drug use history, died from cardiogenic shock secondary to severe tricuspid valve regurgitation caused …
43y · Male·The combined effects of subacute myocardial injury and methadone toxicity
Timothy Ricketts, a 43-year-old man with complex psychiatric and substance use history, died from combined subacute myocardial injury and methadone toxicity. He had been admitted to hospital in November 2021 with elevate…
36y · Male·Multi-organ failure complicating injecting drug use
… use and sepsis, and died 6 November 2012. While the death resulted from unintended consequences of drug injection rather than deliberate self-harm, the lack of assertive post-discharge psychiatric follow-up represented…
29y · Male·multiple drug toxicity (buprenorphine, oxazepam, diazepam, alprazolam, and methy…
John Frederick Wanganeen, a 29-year-old with documented heavy polysubstance use, died of multiple drug toxicity after injecting crushed buprenorphine tablets mixed with water while on home detention bail. Critical system…
44y · Male·Combined drug effect (oxycodone and benzodiazepines)
A 44-year-old man with a history of heroin addiction registered as a drug addict in 2010 died from combined drug effect involving oxycodone and benzo…
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