Ian Wolstenholme
8 Aug 2018 · Coroner Lisa Hashmi · Manchester (North)
The coroner's concerns
1. combined drug toxicity
“During the course of the evidence, it became apparent that there is no guidance - national or otherwise - available to Clinicians such as GPs, Hospital doctors etc. on the how best to approach the prescribing of highly addictive and potentially very harmful drugs alongside one another. In this case, the deceased had been legitimately prescribed three different types of neuropathic analgesia (including Pregabalin), alongside other opiate based medications. Whilst such drugs are almost always pres”