A footballer terrified of the dentist accidentally killed himself with painkillers after refusing to get treatment for an excruciating toothache, an inquest has heard.
Jaye Milner, 24, desperately took the potent drug Fentanyl in a bid to stave off the pain of a four-year tooth abscess, unwilling to go to the dentist to get it fixed.
But the promising young sportsman, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire ended up taking too much of substance and was found dead in June last year.
Jaye Milner (pictured with his father), 24, desperately took the potent drug Fentanyl in a bid to stave off the pain of a four-year tooth abscess
The promising young sportsman (pictured left and right with his father), who graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University, ended up taking too much of substance and was found dead in June last year
An inquest into his death held in Sheffield heard warnings from coroner Prof Robert Forrest, who noted the dangers of the 'unpredictable drug' - a powerful opioid used to treat severe pain.
And today, his grieving father Tim, 52, spoke out in a bid to warn others about the deadly and little-known synthetic drug, which is considered to be 50 times stronger than heroin.
He told The Sun: 'He couldn't stand the dentist. He would go to get antibiotics for a temporary fix but he couldn't bear to undergo surgery.
'After he died, I found out he had been using chewable Fentanyl patches. He probably thought that it was helping him but it is that that's killed him.'
Jaye (pictured with his father), who played football against Manchester City star John Stones as a schoolboy, was found with an amount of the drug 'at a level likely to kill'.
At the inquest, pathologist Prof Kim Suvarna also the dangers of the drug (stock image), saying: 'Fentanyl can be incredibly powerful and can kill.'
Health Secretary Matt Hancock last month that packaging on common medications such as morphine or fentanyl will now have to carry a warning informing patients about the risk of addiction
Jaye, who played football against Manchester City star John Stones as a schoolboy, was found with an amount of the drug 'at a level likely to kill'.
He was also found with smaller traces of other recreational drugs. With the coroner recording a verdict of accidental death, saying: 'I believe that he may not have realised he was taking a potentially lethal dose of
