Shrewsbury man, 27, who collapsed and died at a gym had cardiac arrest after taking steroids
A 27-year-old Shrewsbury man who collapsed and died at a gym in the town last year had been taking steroids that caused a fatal cardiac arrest, a coroner has revealed.
Brandon Lee Draycott died on November 5 after a medical emergency at JD Gym on Arlington Way, Shrewsbury.
At an inquest into his death yesterday (March 24) at the Coroner's Court at the Guildhall in Shrewsbury, senior coroner for Shropshire John Ellery said Mr Draycott was seen to collapse at the gym by a member of the public just before 4pm.
The coroner said: “The member of the public began giving CPR. When the ambulance arrived CPR was continued and a defibrillator was used.”
He said despite best efforts of the paramedics, Mr Draycott was declared dead at 4pm.
The coroner added that police arrived at the scene and a search was conducted of Mr Draycott’s locker at the gym where “medicines” were found.
He said that Mr Draycott’s father had confirmed that his son was a “regular user of steroids” used to “enhance his physique”.
A post-mortem revealed that Mr Draycott suffered a cardiac arrest caused by “cardiotoxicity” due to the levels of steroids in his system, Mr Ellery said.
He declared Mr Draycott’s death as “drug related”.
After the inquest, Brandon's aunt Clare Gannon said her nephew was "deeply missed".
She said: "He is very deeply missed by us all especially by his dad and his nan who he cared for.
"It's always strange going in to my mum's, Brandon's nan, expecting him to come running up the stairs and not hearing his voice anymore is very sad.
"He will never be forgotten."