105 results for “prescription drug abuse”
27y · Male·propoxyphene toxicity
…ed by Andre Connell, who he had already placed on restricted daily dispensing (8 capsules/day) due to known drug abuse. The coroner found the prescription was reckless: Dr R. claimed he wrote a daily-dispensing restricti…
58y · Male·Heroin toxicity
58-year-old man with chronic back pain, paranoid schizophrenia, and decades-long prescription opioid and benzodiazepine abuse died from heroin toxicity. He had been successfully withdrawn from opio…
32y · Male·Multidrug overdose
A 32-year-old man with a history of polysubstance abuse, schizoaffective disorder, and chronic pain died from multidrug overdose at home. He had obtained fentanyl…
38y · Male·mixed drug toxicity and arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
…aged 38, died at home on 14 March 2009 while on home detention bail. Post-mortem examination revealed mixed drug toxicity (methadone, diazepam, alprazolam) combined with pre-existing arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysp…
39y · Female·drowning associated with drug toxicity
…is revealed a toxic level of temazepam (1.2 mg/L) and therapeutic level of promethazine in her blood; these drugs have additive/synergistic effects increasing CNS depression and drowsiness. The deceased had a documented …
32y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (codeine, methadone, alprazolam, diazepam) in a man with cor…
James Dougan, 32-year-old man with longstanding polysubstance abuse, died from mixed drug toxicity (codeine, methadone, alprazolam, diazepam) complicated by severe coronary a…
33y · Female·Combined drug toxicity, with thioridazine as the principal component, in the con…
Lou Ann Kelly, aged 33, died on 3 April 2003 at Royal Perth Hospital ICU from combined drug toxicity, primarily thioridazine, after consuming large quantities of prescription medications with alcohol…
29y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (pregabalin, dihydrocodeine, tramadol, temazepam, lorazep…
A 29-year-old man with class III obesity died from combined drug toxicity involving pregabalin, dihydrocodeine, tramadol, temazepam, and lorazepam. He engaged in prescripti…
44y · Female·Acute bronchopneumonia complicating multi-drug toxicity (alprazolam, opiates, be…
…rdner, a 44-year-old woman with a history of respiratory problems, pneumonia, schizophrenia, and substance abuse, died from acute bronchopneumonia complicated by multi-drug toxicity (alprazolam, opiates, benzodiazepines…
34y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
Diane Maria Hillgrove, a 34-year-old woman with chronic pain, PTSD, anxiety and substance abuse history, died from mixed drug toxicity on 7 July 2018. Post-mortem toxicology revealed elevated pregabalin…
28y · Female·Complications of a seizure in the setting of prescription drug abuse (pregabalin…
Samantha Leech, 28, died from complications of a seizure in the setting of prescription drug abuse, particularly pregabalin. She obtained approximately 4000 pregabalin tablets over three mont…
Christopher Salib: ischaemic heart disease with multiple prescription drug toxic…
This landmark inquest examined three deaths involving prescription drug toxicity: Christopher Salib (24, ischaemic heart disease with drug toxicity), Nathan Attard (34, m…
33y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (heroin, buprenorphine and benzodiazepines)
A 33-year-old man with polysubstance abuse disorder and mental illness died from mixed drug toxicity (heroin, buprenorphine, and benzodiazepines). He…
54y · Female·combined drug toxicity (heroin, morphine, cannabis, and prescription medications…
Laureen Kaye Reilly, aged 54, died from combined drug toxicity involving heroin, cannabis, and prescription medications including antipsychotics and mood stabili…
27y · Male·chest and abdominal injuries from single motorcycle crash
…ntal health appointment when he lost control of his motorcycle on a curve. Toxicology revealed multiple prescription drugs (diazepam, quetiapine, fluvoxamine, pregabalin) and illicit substances including opium alkaloids,…
61y · Male·mixed prescription drug toxicity (methadone, diazepam, promethazine) with aspira…
A 61-year-old man with chronic alcoholism, dilated cardiomyopathy and cirrhosis died from mixed prescription drug toxicity (methadone, diazepam, promethazine) with aspiration pneumonia. He consumed significant al…
69y · Male·mixed drug toxicity; oxycodone overdose with doxylamine, temazepam, and naloxone
James Geoffrey Griffin, a 69-year-old man facing multiple charges for historic child sexual abuse, died from mixed drug toxicity involving oxycodone, doxylamine, temazepam, and naloxone. He was admitted t…
24y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (clonazepam, diazepam, methadone, tramadol, pregabalin)
Jayden Kain Wright, a 24-year-old Aboriginal man, died from combined drug toxicity involving clonazepam, diazepam, methadone, tramadol, and pregabalin. Following a motor vehicle col…
35y · Female·combined drug toxicity
…5-year-old woman with long-standing substance use disorder, depression, and chronic pain died from combined drug toxicity involving methadone, pregabalin, methamphetamine, benzodiazepines, mirtazapine, promethazine and p…
Female·death by drug toxicity
Melanie Boyd, a teenager, died from drug toxicity at an unsupervised youth party where she consumed illicit drugs, prescription medications, and exc…
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