Woman changed prescription to get more drugs, inquest told

A young mother of four who died after accidentally overdosing on painkillers had changed a handwritten prescription from her GP to secure a larger quantity of one of her regular medications.

Woman changed prescription to get more drugs, inquest told

A young mother of four who died after accidentally overdosing on painkillers had changed a handwritten prescription from her GP to secure a larger quantity of one of her regular medications.

Annette Foley was just 29 when she was found by one of her children in the sitting room of her home at 49 Richmond Court in Bandon, in Co Cork, on the morning of May 25, 2017.

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