99 results for “medication misuse”
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…
19y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained on a train impact (pedestrian)
… of mental ill health including depression, psychotic symptoms, and suicidal ideation, alongside substance misuse involving methamphetamine, cannabis, cocaine, and alcohol. He was enrolled in the Headspace Youth Early Ps…
50y · Male·methadone and alprazolam intoxication
…oximately 1.5 hours after becoming heavily intoxicated. Police records from 2009-2011 indicated possible medication distribution and drug misuse, but this information was not shared with his GP or the Pharmaceutical Serv…
42y · Male·Complications post polypharmacy toxicity
Gregory Sedgman, aged 42, died from polypharmacy toxicity after consuming excessive prescription medications at a post-sentence supervision residential facility. He had deliberately accumulated medications despit…
47y · Female·Sudden Unexpected Death in Alcohol Misuse (SUDAM)
Lesley Maree Smith, 47, died at home on 9 May 2013 from Sudden Unexpected Death in Alcohol Misuse (SUDAM). She had chronic alcohol misuse (2 bottles nightly) and was prescribed diazepam by her GP, Dr H., …
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…
59y · Female·Global hypoxic brain injury due to mixed drug toxicity, specifically alprazolam …
…ed 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 daughter recognised as copi…
52y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
…ing for all drugs including pregabalin; coordinating prescribing across multiple clinicians; recognising medication misuse in patients with legitimate chronic pain; and recognising overdose signs (abnormal breathing, una…
44y · Male·mixed drug toxicity
Michael Allan Steer, aged 44, died from mixed drug toxicity after ingesting excess prescription medication (quetiapine, codeine, diazepam, fluoxetine). He had complex psychiatric history with factitious and soma…
35y · Male·Not determined
…oxicity or fatal arrhythmia were likely. He had been assaulted in custody and was on multiple prescribed medications (mirtazapine, escitalopram, diazepam, pregabalin, baclofen) but also accessed non-prescribed medication…
27y · Female·opiate toxicity (fentanyl)
…tained from a patient-controlled analgesia device. She had a history of depression, anxiety, and substance misuse following her mother's death, and was on multiple psychiatric medications. The coroner found no evidence o…
24y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
…el. He had a history of anxiety and shoulder pain following 2015 surgery, for which he received multiple medications including pregabalin, benzodiazepines, opioids, and stimulants from different prescribers. His girlfrie…
34y · Female·Combined drug toxicity (propofol, sevoflurane and others)
…ed trolleys accessible to all theatre staff; (2) failure of her GP and employer to recognise her substance misuse and mental health deterioration; (3) her declining psychiatric follow-up despite referral in 2010 and advi…
45y · Male·hanging
A 45-year-old man with a history of depression, suicidal ideation, and alcohol misuse was admitted to Spencer Clinic following a medication overdose suicide attempt. During his six-day admissi…
34y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
…acy pickups and prescription monitoring, she obtained pregabalin from multiple doctors and used diverted medications. On 6 July, Dr V. appropriately increased her pregabalin to 150mg for acute abdominal pain, but she lik…
53y · Female·mixed prescription drug toxicity
…dispensing of methadone, did not conduct adequate risk assessment despite documented prior overdoses and medication misuse, and inappropriately continued polypharmacy with multiple CNS depressants. Critical clinical fail…
24y · Male·mixed ethanol and prescription drug toxicity
… a relationship conflict on 10-11 January 2015, he consumed large quantities of alcohol and prescription medications (tramadol, endone, diazepam, and others). Clinically, this case highlights the challenges managing youn…
40y · Female·Clozapine toxicity in a woman with cardiomegaly
…ervision, combined with benzodiazepines and alcohol. Clinical lessons include: PRCs must actively manage medication sharing and alcohol use despite promoting resident independence; family relationships are protective fac…
39y · Male·Multiple drug toxicity (methadone, diazepam, oxazepam, carbamazepine, levetirace…
…ssess suitability for unsupervised dosing, and failure to detect or act on evidence of methadone injection misuse. The prescribing GP failed to implement planned benzodiazepine tapering and continued takeaway dosing desp…
45y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (methadone, amitriptyline, gabapentin, paracetamol)
…itriptyline, gabapentin and paracetamol. He had a documented history of hoarding and misusing prescribed medications to achieve a euphoric effect. He was admitted to hospital on 21 July 2017 after deliberately overdosing…
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