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A MEDICAL watchdog is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of teenage suicide victim Britney Mazzoncini.
Anguished mum Annette has reported a doctor to the General Medical Council (GMC) after discovering her depressed daughter had been prescribed “enough anti-anxiety drugs to kill her”.
We revealed last week how the 16-yearold former pupil of Glasgow’s Rosshall Academy took her own life after being bullied mercilessly at school and on social media sites like Facebook.
Annette 35, of Hillington, Glasgow, hopes a GMC probe into how her daughter was able to stockpile medication will help.
“My husband Raymond and I were never told Britney had been prescribed,” said distraught Annette.
“If I had known, I would have stepped in to save her.
“Now all we have left are memories and the constant pain of watching our daughter die after taking her life.
“My daughter is getting a bouquet for her birthday in 12 days’ time and a headstone for her grave at Christmas.
“Our lives have been wrecked by the loss of a beautiful daughter and we will never be the same again. But we have to go on.”
Annette is also launching an online campaign to spare other families the immense distress of losing a child.
It is aimed at including and informing a trusted family member when a young person is prescribed drugs, such as the anti-anxiety medication Britney was on.
“I have to prevent other deaths,” Annette wept.
“People have contacted me to say they discovered their children were on anti-anxiety drugs without any parental consent.
“We tried to stop this but no matter how often we told Britney she was much-loved she ended her life.”
A spokesman for the GMC said: “We have received a complaint from Mrs McKenzie and will investigate it.”