Man died after Leeds pharmacy left meds ‘IOU’ – coroner

According to Mr McLoughlin’s report, while the pharmacy had delivered other items of medicine to Mr Crompton’s home address in December, a manuscript “IOU” had been left for Tegretol.

Without the medication, Mr Crompton’s epileptic condition was likely to “destabilise and give rise to fits”, the coroner said.

The 44-year-old’s fall in December, which led to his death, followed another in April after Midway Pharmacy had failed to supply him with Tegretol for 10 days, Mr McLoughlin added.

In his report he said it was a “matter of concern” that for “relatively lengthy periods of time” Mr Crompton was without his medication and it was left to his family members to find an alternative pharmacy.