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Benzodiazepines, opioids, codeine, antidepressants, antipsychotics and gabapentinoids are the leading drugs found in accidental drug deaths each year in Australia. Isaac was prescribed drugs from each of these lethal prescription medication classes, all at the same time, they combined to end his life at the age of 22. T o prescribe and dispense these medications without warning Isaac and his carers (his parents) of the risk of death is indescribably abhorrent. Tragically, that is what happened, and as his family, we deserve answers and accountability. Isaac Samuel Reis aged 14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef525d7532c980139a4b796/1619481979026-OBOW4LXEPWI8KXBCSV2I/chrome_rETtyPll4Z.png Prescribed Deaths - Life in the Killing Zone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef525d7532c980139a4b796/1602292908501-8HNL2Z5XF3AZW31KLTTG/TGA.png Prescribed Deaths - Life in the Killing Zone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef525d7532c980139a4b796/1617925625183-Q320D1RDZ83PHC1OE8NC/Patrick+OConnor-Prescribed+Deaths-UN+2019.jpg Prescribed Deaths - Life in the Killing Zone Patrick O’Connor – Author Prescribed Deaths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef525d7532c980139a4b796/1619083243335-1WOYZ1O2JF0S0GZDYOZV/Endone.jpeg Prescribed Deaths - Life in the Killing Zone - “The greatest dangers exist when multiple medications are prescribed at the same time. For example, patients taking Benzodiazepines like Valium and Opioids like Endone together have a 15-fold increase in the risk of death compared to patients taking neither medicine.” - Babalonis and Walsh, International Association for the Study of Pain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef525d7532c980139a4b796/1595214161100-BR7A3WUGNCDYGE19EUW9/Page-5-Image.jpg Prescribed Deaths - Life in the Killing Zone - … these are all very dangerous drugs, reading these Australian warnings, I am very disturbed that patients haven’t been warned upfront, they haven’t been warned adequately, and they haven’t been warned enough.” Dr Lori Calabrese, US psychiatrist and medication expert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef525d7532c980139a4b796/1617926383405-KHAEFNQG5HRWNNVOOOAP/medsearch_hp-quick-pi-cmi.png Prescribed Deaths - Life in the Killing Zone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef525d7532c980139a4b796/1617926545619-WGQBXOJQVQR3J902QIG2/Scriptwise+logo.jpg Prescribed Deaths - Life in the Killing Zone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef525d7532c980139a4b796/1595215498868-RR4I62RQQWEYADC01S9D/Page-39-Image.jpg Prescribed Deaths - Life in the Killing Zone - “… people with mental illness typically live between 10 and 32 years less than the general population.” The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) https://www.prescribeddeaths.com.au/read-executive-summary daily 0.75 2020-07-10 https://www.prescribeddeaths.com.au/read-report daily 0.75 2020-07-03 https://www.prescribeddeaths.com.au/valium-deaths-australia daily 0.75 2021-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef525d7532c980139a4b796/1602215948307-JIFA3SEOZL7C3TIY5XKO/IMG_0102.jpg Valium Deaths Australia - Valium kills 1,000 Australians every year. Here are 8 reasons why...* https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef525d7532c980139a4b796/1595209927233-Y2029JZ33FAOWCJBSYX9/new-section-image.jpg Valium Deaths Australia - 8 Life-threatening risks not in the Valium CMI: Addiction Dependence Withdrawal Symptoms Abuse Pregnancy Alcohol Prescription Opioids Death https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef525d7532c980139a4b796/1602288653711-MD2SDDWV910JJUMXF8JQ/Benzo+chart.png Valium Deaths Australia - Benzodiazepines have killed 9,133 Australians since 2001. The annual death toll is expected to jump from 1,000 to 1,300 due to the increase in prescriptions for anxiety conditions during COVID-19. Yet the risk of death is still not included in the CMI, Australians have never been more exposed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef525d7532c980139a4b796/1617944771718-VJ5R7PX8U7UQ4VXT79ID/1200px-Roche_Logo.png Valium Deaths Australia - However, in the USA Roche do include all 8 risks in the Valium medication guide given to consumers. On World Mental Health Day 2020, it was reported that the FDA is now including more consumer information about these 8 deadly risks in a Boxed Warning - the FDA’s most prominant warning. This is due to the increase in benzodiazepine use during COVID-19. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef525d7532c980139a4b796/1602372021152-H3RTX2YW2L1W3S5TCWGA/Australian-supplements-regulatory-regime-not-world-class-yet-TGA-chief-warns-industry_wrbm_large+name.png Valium Deaths Australia - The head of the TGA, Professor John Skerritt, has refused to include these 8 risks in the CMIs (in conflict with the FDA). 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He experienced several overdoses on his DVA-provided medications, yet his doctors continued to provide prescriptions for the same medications. On February 1, 2019, David took his own life after a crippling battle with Post-Traumatic Stress injury and alcohol. David’s family deserves a royal commission into his death, please support the change.org petition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef525d7532c980139a4b796/1604873245645-LDE6OTP2RIIS0W4DZMZZ/Matthew+Tonkin Vets We Forget - Matthew Tonkin Matthew Tonkin enlisted in the ADF on his nineteenth birthday, as a rifleman in the Royal Australian Infantry. He served for four years, including a deployment to Afghanistan. Whilst in the ADF Matthew incurred physical injuries that caused ongoing pain, and he developed PTSD from combat duties. 8 months after discharge in July 2014, Matthew Tonkin died at age 24 from opioid toxicity in Perth, WA. He also had alprazolam and diazepam in his system, medications provided by DVA. 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