161 results for “polysubstance use”
48y · Female·Combined drug toxicity (predominantly methadone)
…. She had a long history of mental illness with 18 inpatient admissions between 2016 and 2022, chronic polysubstance use including methamphetamine and alcohol, and was under a Community Treatment Order (CTO) at the time…
32y · Female·Combined drug (alprazolam and methadone) toxicity
… injection of illicit drugs at her supported housing residence. She had a longstanding history of substance use disorder, commencing in adolescence, with previous attempts at rehabilitation including methadone maintenan…
49y · Male·combined drug toxicity
Karl Turner, a 49-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder and chronic polysubstance use, died from combined drug toxicity (heroin, morphine, pregabalin, methylamphetamine, and cannabis).…
37y · Male·Morphine toxicity from accidental overdose of crushed Kapanol (slow-release morp…
…e to accidental overdose of crushed Kapanol (slow-release morphine capsules). He had a long history of polysubstance abuse, encephalitis from age 15, and was enrolled in a methadone program. The death occurred while he …
31y · Male·Multidrug overdose including heroin
LP, a 31-year-old man with depression, severe anxiety, and substance use disorder, died from multidrug overdose including heroin. He had long-standing benzodiazepine (Xanax) abuse …
35y · Male·heroin toxicity
… Thomas White, 35, died from heroin toxicity while on home detention bail. He had a 13-year history of polysubstance abuse including heroin, amphetamines, and methamphetamine. Three days before death, he contacted Drug …
27y · Male·Dextromethorphan toxicity
Mr ZJF, a 27-year-old man with a longstanding history of schizophrenia, polysubstance use disorder, and depression, died from dextromethorphan toxicity. He was subject to a Community Treat…
32y · Male·Complications of mixed drug use
A 32-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder and polysubstance abuse disorder died from complications of mixed drug use after boarding a train in an intoxicated stat…
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 whi…
48y · Male·unascertained
Daniel Harvey, a 48-year-old man with morbid obesity, cirrhosis, diabetes, and polysubstance use including methadone and methamphetamine, was found unresponsive in immigration detention on 10 Aug…
24y · Male·mixed ethanol and prescription drug toxicity
…on drug toxicity following an impulsive overdose. He had longstanding borderline personality disorder, polysubstance dependence, chronic suicidal ideation, and was under psychiatric care. After a relationship conflict o…
44y · Male·Heroin toxicity
…ntinued it upon release. Post-mortem testing confirmed heroin, with additive CNS depression from concurrent use of tapentadol and cannabis. A critical missed opportunity was identified: the correctional services failed …
33y · Female·heroin toxicity
… had also consumed substantial alcohol (BAC 0.129) in the hours before. The deceased had relapsed to heroin use after three months abstinence, and was receiving methadone. The coroner noted concerning initial police pra…
44y · Male·bronchopneumonia in the setting of combined drug effect
…f combined drug effect. He had schizoaffective disorder, anti-social personality disorder, and chronic polysubstance use disorder (alcohol, methylamphetamine, cannabis). He was appropriately managed on a Community Treat…
47y · Male·combined acute effects of multiple drugs in obese man with enlarged heart and ar…
Nicholas Cripps, a 47-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, substance use disorder, and antisocial personality disorder, died from combined acute effects of multiple drugs (methylam…
36y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic encephalopathy and hanging
…d severe mood swings, aggressive behaviour, and anger management issues related to amphetamine and cannabis use. He explicitly stated suicidal intent to multiple contacts. Clinical learning includes recognition of acute…
45y · Male·bronchopneumonia and combined drug toxicity
…year-old with treatment-resistant chronic paranoid schizophrenia, antisocial personality disorder, and polysubstance use disorder, died from bronchopneumonia and combined drug toxicity. He was managed in the community o…
26y · Male·Drug toxicity (1,4 butanediol, gamma hydroxybutyrate, methylamphetamine, cocaine…
…novel benzodiazepines (bromazolam, flubromazepam), nordiazepam, and ketamine. He had a history of substance use disorder since age 16, successfully completed rehabilitation in May 2022, but relapsed after an overseas ho…
27y · Female·mixed methadone and alcohol intoxication
Susan Patterson, a 27-year-old Aboriginal woman with a history of alcohol and polysubstance use, died from mixed methadone and alcohol intoxication. She consumed an unknown substance from a brow…
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…
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