Boxed warnings for pregabalin as deaths continue
The introduction of warning labels comes as a coroner calls for the drug to be covered in real-time prescription monitoring software.
Tag: Coroner
Dying patient given treatment despite advance care directive, coroner told
The hospital attempted resuscitation up until the patient's 'distressed' mother intervened.
Coroner calls for laws forcing doctors to make fitness-to-drive reports
The recommendation follows another road death involving an elderly driver with dementia.
GPs not a public safety risk after opioid death
Patient was not identified as a drug-seeker by the national doctor-shopper hotline, coroner told.
Soldier’s overdose death exposes a disjointed health system
A coroner says the young man could have been saved.
