A mum-of-two died after becoming "wobbly on her feet" and collapsing at home.
Sheila Asquith, 54, of Langton Road in Kirkby, was known to suffer from fibromyalgia and painful swellings all over her body. This week an inquest into her death heard Sheila rarely went to the doctors and instead used over-the-counter drugs to relieve her pain.
In the week before her death on March 25, this year, Sheila had been taking a large amount of painkillers to help but had become unsteady on her feet. Sheila's daughter Kelly told the inquest she feared her mum was taking too many of the tablets, and had previously confiscated them as she feared she would accidentally overdose.
