Claire Fielding, pictured, used cocaine and wine day-after-day to fight her persistent tinnitus, an inquest heard
A mother-of-two died of a coronary heart assault aged simply 34 after snorting cocaine and ingesting half a bottle of wine day-after-day for 14 years to deal with her extreme case of Tinnitus.
An inquest heard Claire Fielding was agitated by the situation's buzzing noise in her ears and self-medicated by taking 4g of the drug alongside the alcohol.
However Miss Fielding was taken ailing at her house in Bolton, Larger Manchester final July and was seen coming down the steps with blue lips, struggling to breathe and telling her accomplice to name an ambulance.
She was rushed to Royal Bolton Hospital however couldn't be saved.
An inquest in Bolton heard retail assistant Miss Fielding, had beforehand been 'outgoing and bubbly' however had ultimately 'retreated into her shell' resulting from her listening to situation.
Her boyfriend of 17 years, James Goodyear, stated: 'She had listening to issues which deteriorated extra just lately.
'She additionally had issues with panic assaults and together with her respiratory. There have been two or three events the place she had struggled to breathe.
'She did drink about half a bottle of wine most nights, often. She suffered from tinnitus and that is what calmed her. It was this buzzing in her ears on a regular basis.'
Mr Goodyear, 41, added he knew of her cocaine use - a behavior which may have value as much as £200-a-day, however didn't know of the extent.
He stated: 'I knew that she took cocaine at weekends generally. It was a type of self treatment for her.
'She was fairly a personal particular person actually. She by no means actually stated what was going via her head.
Miss Fielding, 34, pictured, would take 4g of the drug alongside half a bottle of wine to boring the fixed buzzing in her ears
Earlier than her the mother-of-two, pictured, advised docs she had been utilizing the 'self-medication' methodology since 2002
'The week that she died had been fairly a scorching week, and she or he had began to lose her voice and it was fairly croaky.
'She had issues together with her respiratory two or 3 times earlier than that I knew about, and twice at work.
'On the day of her dying I went upstairs and woke her up, as a result of she could not hear the alarm and went again downstairs.
'She got here down into the kitchen, she was gasping for breath and stated "ring an ambulance".
'She was going to the again door for some contemporary air however as I used to be on the cellphone to the ambulance she began to go to the entrance door.
Miss Fielding, pictured, had been referred to Bolton Drug and Alcohol Service for help however solely attended periods 'intermittently'
'I had seen her like this earlier than. Her lips had began to go blue however they'd gone again to regular by the point the ambulance arrived. She wasn't in an excellent state.'
Mr Goodyear was requested if he knew if Miss Fielding had taken any cocaine the night time earlier than her dying however he was unable to say.
He added: 'She may have executed. Claire lived her personal life. All of the medical stuff she did herself. We solely know what she advised us.
'I believe due to her Tinnitus she put herself in a shell. She simply sat there and she or he did not wish to exit. She was an outgoing particular person; she used to exit on a regular basis.'
Dr Anindita Paul, of Royal Bolton Hospital, had been treating Miss Fielding for her tinnitus and irritation of the throat since February 2016 and final noticed her in Could.
Dr Paul stated: 'Claire needed to be stabilised at the moment with the tracheostomy and a few steroids had been discovered to be serving to. Claire additionally had a collapsed nasal bridge. She was a really bubbly particular person.
'She clearly had difficulties on the time together with her tracheostomy however felt the steroids had been serving to to enhance.
'My job was to establish the reason for the an infection. The poisonous an infection on this case was resulting from cocaine use.
'She advised us that she was utilizing the substance by inhalation quite than injecting.
'She advised me that she had been taking cocaine and inhaling it nasally since 2002.
'The one therapy is to instantly chorus from taking the toxin. We had been looking for a center zone, however the one therapy was to cease taking the cocaine.
'She did inform us that she was decreasing her use of cocaine.
'On Could 26 she stated that when she went to the bathroom she may hear herself passing water for the primary time in a very long time and that was actually amusing to her. She was very open and trustworthy.'
Miss Fielding, who as soon as appeared on Channel four sport present The Million Pound Drop in 2010, was additionally referred to Bolton Drug and Alcohol service the place she was given some help, however her attendance was described as 'intermittent'.
Lyndsey Worth, who works for the service, advised the inquest that Miss Fielding admitted to utilizing 4g of cocaine a day, however had managed to cut back that to 2g, together with six items of alcohol a day - the equal to half a bottle of wine.
Mrs Worth added: 'She needed to cease and she or he needed to have interaction. Cocaine habit is a really very sturdy psychological habit.
'Claire did do her personal analysis and she or he was very and really motivated in making an attempt to chop down.
'She discovered that sorting her daughters' Lego helped to maintain her palms busy. On every assembly she was warned in regards to the cocaine use. Claire was conscious of the dangers.'
A publish mortem examination established Miss Fielding had died of sudden cardiac dying because of cocaine use.
Traces of the drug plus ibuprofen and paracetamol had been present in her blood, main a pathologist to imagine Miss Fielding had taken cocaine both the night time earlier than her dying or a big amount the weekend earlier than.
The inquest concluded she died from a drug-related dying and the coroner warned of the 'deadly penalties' of any use of cocaine
Recording a conclusion of a drug-related dying, Assistant Coroner Rachel Griffin stated: 'Claire has been described as a really bubbly and really caring younger woman.
'She had struggled throughout her life with drug use and significantly her use of cocaine.
'She reported that she was utilizing cocaine every day and that she was utilizing the drug to a comparatively excessive stage.
'She was warned in regards to the danger of utilizing cocaine and she or he was totally educated from her personal analysis of cocaine.
'It's clear to me Claire died from a cardiac occasion resulting from her drug use. I hope that if any good can come out of Claire's dying it's a warning to others about use of cocaine and the hazards of utilizing cocaine.
'It's a very harmful drug even in small quantities even with a one off use or long run use it could have deadly penalties.'
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