‘Missed opportunities’: Alerts ignored in leadup to woman’s death


Pharmacists expressed concerns over gabapentin scripts, but SafeScript red alerts were not properly checked by dispensers or prescribers, coroner finds Multiple pharmacies contacted a GP with concerns about a Victorian woman’s scripts, leading the doctor to amend his prescribing of gabapentin. But in the six months leading up to the 34-year-old’s death in March 2022,

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