Police are investigating the death of a woman with bipolar who choked after being allegedly prescribed higher than recommended doses of a powerful drug. Margaret Molyneux, an English literature lecturer aged 69 from Bishops Stortford, died at Watford General Hospital after choking in July 2017. But despite a coroner initially concluding that Ms Molyneux died of ‘natural causes’, her daughter Petria Foley believes it was triggered by high dosages of the anti-psychotic drug olanzapine prescribed at Kingfisher Court, a mental health unit in Harper Lane, near Radlett. While the drug can be used to treat mental health disorders including bipolar, it can also trigger a side effects, including seizures, difficulty breathing and problems with swallowing.
UK police investigate death of Irish woman who was in psychiatric care Margaret Molyneux’s daughter claims high dose of drug led to difficulty swallowing and choking
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UK police are investigating the death of an Irish woman which her daughter alleges was linked to being administered too high a dosage of a psychiatric medication.
Margaret Molyneux (69) was a English lecturer who moved from Kerry to the UK as a child.
She suffered from bipolar disorder had been receiving treatment in the Kingfisher Court mental health unit in Radlett, Hertfordshire, before her death.
Ms Molyneux’s daughter, Petria Foley, believes the administration of high doses of olanzapine, an anti-psychotic medication, led to her mother being unable to swallow food properly, which caused her to choke one morning while eating porridge.
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