The Coroner Gives The WA Government A Serve On Delays In Implementation Of Prescription Monitoring.

This appeared last week:Coroner questions chief pharmacist ’s real-time monitoring optimism He says former soldier would not have sourced drugs if a system was in place22nd May 2019By Heather SaxenaA coroner has expressed frustration at ongoing delays in the provision of real-time monitoring and suggested that a young former soldier might not have died if WA had such a system.During an inquest into the oxycodone toxicity death of the 24-year-old Afghanistan veteran, Coroner Barry King also scoffed at a suggestion by the state’s chief pharmacist that the state would soon have a system.The inquest heard that the former soldier was given a “signifi cant supply” of oxycodone after injuring his hip and ankle in Afghanistan.After returning to Australia, he was diagnosed with PTSD and, after further treatment for his injuries, quickly developed an addiction to opioids and benzodiazepines.He was able to obtain 27 prescriptions for oxycodone over 99 attendances with 24 doctors, sometimes... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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