# Inquest links lawyer’s suicide to ofloxacin, calls for stronger warnings

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/intelligent-and-successful-lawyer-with-no-history-of-mental-illness-threw-himself-in-front-of-car-after-being-prescribed-dangerous-antibiotic-medicine-inquest-hears/
- Published: 2026-11-02T21:24:51+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-02T21:32:34+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16258855/lawyer-no-history-mental-health-threw-car-prescribed-dangerous-antibiotic-medicine.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Coroner linked ofloxacin to a new determination to end his life.
- The inquest heard Mulroney had no history of mental ill health.
- A report calls for stronger safeguards and clearer warnings.

## Summary

An inquest heard that lawyer Alex Mulroney died after taking ofloxacin, an antibiotic, and later walking into the path of a car. The coroner concluded that, on the balance of probability, the medicine did not directly cause his death but induced a determination to end his life, and called for stronger safeguards around warnings.

Mulroney had no known history of mental ill health or self-harm and was prescribed ofloxacin after another antibiotic failed to resolve a recurring physical condition. He took the medicine on 16 December 2025; two days later, after leaving home and driving to a dual carriageway, he died at the scene. The coroner sent a Prevention of Future Deaths report to NICE, the medicines regulator and the British National Formulary, saying existing warnings did not adequately inform patients or prescribers.

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