213 results for “medication dependence”
59y · Female·Global hypoxic brain injury due to mixed drug toxicity, specifically alprazolam …
A 59-year-old woman with a 30-year history of alprazolam dependence for anxiety disorder died from global hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest caused by mixed drug…
45y · Female·Pethidine toxicity
…er found Dr P.' friendship with Ms Arthur clouded his clinical judgment. He failed to recognise signs of medication dependence, including stories about lost/stolen medications—established indicators of addiction. Dr P. n…
51y · Female·Unintentional prescription drug poisoning due to central nervous system depressi…
A 51-year-old woman with chronic pain, depression, and longstanding medication misuse died from unintentional prescription drug poisoning. She had been prescribed high-risk combinatio…
55y · Female·Multiple drug toxicity due to combination of alcohol and benzodiazepines (oxazep…
Carol Anne Kiley, a 55-year-old woman with chronic back pain, depression, and likely alcohol dependence, died from multiple drug toxicity involving alcohol, oxazepam (toxic level), temazepam, and promethazine…
59y · Male·Hanging
Terry Grady, a 59-year-old man with a history of alcohol dependence, depression, and chronic pain, died by suicide in custody at Parklea Correctional Facility on 8-9 August…
29y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (gabapentin, codeine, diazepam, oxycodone, doxylamine, prome…
…ship with the patient while prescribing escalating doses of opioids, benzodiazepines, and other drugs of dependence without therapeutic justification. Medications were prescribed to facilitate sexual acts, in response to…
45y · Male·multi-drug toxicity from ingestion of methadone and amitriptyline
…s include: inadequate medical record-keeping failing to document consultation notes, clinical reasoning, medication decisions, suicide risk assessments, or referrals; concurrent prescribing of multiple psychoactive medic…
44y · Female·Unascertained
A 44-year-old woman with chronic pain, epilepsy, and opioid dependence died at home with an unascertained cause in the setting of prescription medication use. She was a known …
50y · Male·Unable to be determined
Colin Campbell, a 50-year-old man with a long history of schizophrenia, alcohol dependence, hepatitis C, and cirrhosis, disappeared on 29 May 2015 and is presumed deceased. He was under the care …
50y · Female·Mixed prescription drug toxicity (oxycodone, amitriptyline, diazepam, diphenhydr…
…oxicity (oxycodone, amitriptyline, diazepam, diphenhydramine, paracetamol). She had long-standing opioid dependence and had been prescribed multiple CNS-depressant medications. She was experiencing significant life stres…
42y · Male·unascertained
Richard Vanderhelm, a 42-year-old man with a long history of substance dependence, disappeared on 21–24 May 2009 while undergoing community-based detoxification from methadone, cannabis …
46y · Male·Opioid toxicity (tapentadol and oxycodone)
…died from opioid toxicity (tapentadol and oxycodone) at home in Dandenong. Over a decade of prescription medication misuse began with ibuprofen for headaches, escalating to opioid dependence following gastrointestinal is…
36y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (pregabalin, morphine, amitriptyline)
…lin, morphine, amitriptyline). His general practitioner, Dr S., prescribed excessive amounts of multiple medications significantly exceeding clinical directions—pregabalin at 1430mg daily (three times directed dose), oxy…
44y · Female·Combined drug toxicity (oxycodone, diazepam, and pregabalin)
Melissa May, a 44-year-old woman with chronic pain and opioid dependence, died from combined drug toxicity on 16 December 2013. She had been prescribed oxycodone, diazepam, and …
38y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
DA was a 38-year-old man who died from mixed drug toxicity involving sedating medications and alcohol. He had longstanding severe anxiety and became dependent on codeine and benzodiazepines, in…
54y · Male·Decompensated liver failure complicating advanced cirrhosis on a background of c…
…ld Lockley, aged 54, died from decompensated liver failure due to advanced cirrhosis and chronic alcohol dependence. He had a long history of alcohol abuse, intellectual impairment, and was under guardianship, living in …
66y · Female·Complications following paracetamol overdose
…acetamol overdose after ingesting Mersyndol (codeine/paracetamol combination tablets). She had developed dependence on over-the-counter Mersyndol over approximately 8 years, using it for pain and sleep. Evidence indicate…
34y · Female·Multi drug toxicity
Jodie Overstead, a 34-year-old with epilepsy, anxiety, and chronic pain, died from multi-drug toxicity involving tramadol, codeine, amitriptyline, benzodiazepines and other drugs. She engaged in 'doctor shopping', obtain…
36y · Female·Stab wound to the right chest
…ths by his GP without documented substance abuse assessment, despite documented history of polysubstance dependence. When Eckersley ceased alcohol and cannabis use and was commenced on desvenlafaxine three days before th…
20y · Male·Lung infection on a background of oxycodone intoxication
… Dr S. failed to seek required approvals before prescribing controlled drugs to patients at risk of drug dependence, demonstrating substantial lack of judgement. The coroner found insufficient evidence to determine exact…
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