230 results for “opioid addiction”
56y · Male·Complications of intravenous drug use
Ross James Davis, aged 56, died from complications of intravenous opioid use. He had severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbated by heavy smoking, chronic pain, and o…
44y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (buprenorphine, ketamine, diazepam, fluvoxamine and lacosami…
…y involving buprenorphine, ketamine, diazepam, fluvoxamine and lacosamide. She had a 18-19 year history of opioid addiction, initially using heroin recreationally in the Caribbean, later transitioning to methadone mainte…
29y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (heroin and methamphetamine)
A 29-year-old man with a history of heroin and methamphetamine addiction died from mixed drug toxicity. He had suffered a work-related back injury leading to opioid dependence, …
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 custodi…
37y · Male·mixed drug toxicity with fentanyl as the principal agent
…. He had chronic idiopathic intracranial hypertension requiring multiple neurosurgeries and was prescribed opioids and benzodiazepines. He developed addiction to these medications, engaged in 'doctor shopping' across mul…
0y · Female·Morphine toxicity
…uded: the prescribing doctor (Dr S.) failing to recognize and appropriately manage the parents' escalating opioid dependence and drug-seeking behaviour despite clear warning signs; failure to refer them to addiction trea…
44y · Male·Heroin toxicity
A 44-year-old man with a 24-year history of opioid addiction died from heroin toxicity two days after release from prison on a Community Corrections Order. H…
43y · Female·acute multiple drug toxicity on a background of chronic pain and morbid obesity
A 43-year-old woman died from acute multiple drug toxicity after 26 years of high-dose opioid therapy for chronic pain following a motor vehicle accident. Despite recognition by multiple clinicians th…
32y · Female·Combined drug (alprazolam and methadone) toxicity
…have been reasonably prevented. Clinical lessons emphasise the challenges of managing severe, longstanding opioid use disorder and the limited ability to prevent overdose death when patients supplement prescribed methado…
21y · Male·heroin toxicity
…n home detention bail. He had been engaged in a methadone program and psychological treatment for heroin addiction, PTSD, depression and anxiety since June 2015. Despite medical supervision and documented heavy heroin u…
59y · Male·Unascertained
…cluding fentanyl, benzodiazepines, alcohol, and THC. Possible causes included intentional or unintentional opioid overdose, or cardiac/respiratory complications. He had chronic dysthymia, social isolation, and poor engag…
70y · Male·chronic obstructive lung disease with emphysema on a background of advanced vasc…
…aymond Abbott, a 70-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema, vascular dementia, opioid addiction and alcohol abuse, died of COPD with emphysema at a residential care facility. He was admitted t…
50y · Female·Mixed prescription drug toxicity (oxycodone, amitriptyline, diazepam, diphenhydr…
…on drug toxicity (oxycodone, amitriptyline, diazepam, diphenhydramine, paracetamol). She had long-standing opioid dependence and had been prescribed multiple CNS-depressant medications. She was experiencing significant l…
28y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
Amanda Bertram, a 28-year-old with 8 years of drug addiction, died from mixed drug toxicity after injecting heroin and consuming amphetamines. Toxicology revealed po…
33y · Male·toxic effects of oxycodone
…ear-old man died from oxycodone toxicity after his general practitioner prescribed escalating doses of the opioid for intermittent migraines over 14 months (5-30mg daily), despite a prior rejection of a pethidine applica…
37y · Male·cardiomegaly and recent ingestion of methadone
…ne without a valid treatment permit. He was a long-term user of pain relief medication with a history of addiction. On 3 December 2009, after attending a function, he obtained methadone from a third party at a friend's …
31y · Male·mixed prescription drug toxicity (methadone, fluvoxamine, tramadol, mirtazapine …
…azapine, diazepam) combined with advanced coronary atherosclerotic disease. He had a documented history of opioid addiction, multiple emergency presentations for medication overdose, and drug-seeking behaviour managed by…
53y · Female·mixed prescription drug toxicity
…inued polypharmacy with multiple CNS depressants. Critical clinical failures included failure to involve addiction medicine and pain management specialists, inadequate consideration of loss of opioid tolerance when rein…
33y · Male·Undetermined
…nclude the off-label prescription of Baclofen (a muscle relaxant) for alcohol cravings and anxiety by an addiction medicine specialist, combined with Robert's concurrent use of Suboxone and heavy alcohol consumption. Wh…
54y · Female·mixed drug toxicity (methadone and diazepam)
A 54-year-old woman with long-standing opioid use disorder died from mixed methadone and diazepam toxicity. She had tripled her methadone dose by inject…
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