Toddler dies after GP prescribes 560 oxycodone in one month
Grandparents caring for the boy had been prescribed the tablets
A GP prescribed 560 oxycodone tablets in one month to grandparents caring for a toddler who died with lethal levels of the drug in his system, according to a Queensland coroner.
The 20-month-old boy, who died in August 2013 of a lung infection against a background of oxycodone intoxication, had drug levels of 3.6mg/kg, a lethal range for adults.
