Coroner’s plea for stricter pregabalin monitoring after overdose death
Health officials have been criticised for refusing to add the drug to Victoria's script monitoring system.
A coroner has criticised health officials for failing to add pregabalin to the list of medicines in Victoria’s real-time script monitoring scheme after the overdose death of a 28-year-old.
Samantha Leech, who had multiple comorbidities, including a rare genetic disorder, had been dispensed 4000 pregabalin tablets in three months from at least 20 different doctors before her death in 2019.
