Deadly Cocktail

Medical officials have now released the completed autopsy results for Heath Ledger.
They are calling his death an "accidental overdose."
They say he had the following prescription drugs in his system at the time of his death: Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, Diazepam, Temazepam, Alprazolam, and Doxylamine.

That's six different drugs, and here's what they pretty much do...Oxycodone is a painkiller, Hydrocodone is also known as Vicodin, Diazepam is commonly called Valium, Temazepam treats anxiety or sleeplessness, Alprazolam is known as Xanax, and Doxylamine is a sedating antihistamine often used as a sleep aid.
So basically, the medical examiner says he was taking a bunch of pills that effectively...did the same thing.

Nobody knows what he may or may not have been thinking when this happened, but everyone, and I mean everyone, knows that you don't mix that many different prescriptions.
Heck, I wouldn't even mix one prescription with another...who knows what can happen?
This is the same type of thing that happened with Anna Nicole Smith.
A medical examiner concluded that she died of an accidental overdose involving prescription drugs as well...and many of them were the same types of drugs.
She had sleeping medication and eight...eight...other drugs in her system when she died.

When are people going to realize that prescription drugs can be just as dangerous as street drugs?
Many have the same types of narcotics in them as the street versions.
Just because someone prescribes it to you, doesn't make it okay to abuse it.

I have seen first-hand the dangerous effects of people misusing prescription drugs. If you take too much, or mix them with other prescriptions, the results can not only be you losing your personality, losing your friends and family, but also getting into trouble with the law, and perhaps, even putting your life in danger. It's just not worth it....

Posted by on 02/06 at 01:15 PM

Accidental? How can you put all those drugs in your system and not expect to die? Either it was intentional or he was a real dumba**.

Posted by  on  02/06  at  02:42 PM

This reminds me of Nick Drake’s untimely death. Here’s an interesting article on that subject:

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/48205-the-heath-ledgernick-drake-connection

Posted by  on  02/06  at  03:36 PM

Chuck,
that’s an interesting article, I had never heard about that connection before.
It’s sad on all accounts…

Mr. Mookie, yeah, it’s kind of hard to believe that someone wouldn’t know what they were potentially getting themselves into taking all of those pills. Several news outlets report both Anna Nicole Smith and Heath Ledger were suffering from depression when these accidents occured…

Posted by  on  02/06  at  03:50 PM

It sounds to me like those “Medical Officials” are wanting to sit up there on the fence on this one..

He’s dead cause he aint alive anymore sounds better than an “accidental overdose”..and makes alot more sense..

It’s sad to see anyone fall into a situation that ends like this..

Posted by  on  02/06  at  04:55 PM

Wolf,
with all of the media attention and scrutiny, the medical people have to give some kind of cause.
But you’re right, it’s really no explanation.
It gives us the scientific explanation for why he died, but obviously does not, and cannot, clue us in as to why he took so many medications in the first place…guess it’s something we’ll never know.

Posted by  on  02/06  at  05:59 PM

He was feeling really anxious at the time. He didn’t think he would die, he just took the mix thinking it would work better. Remember, he took each one at a therapeutic dose. He would have been better off just taking 30mg of Temazepam which would have put him to sleep, rather than taking a mix at the correct dose to get him to sleep. He just didn’t know that. If he wanted to kill himself, he would have taken the mix at dangerous doses.

Posted by  on  05/08  at  12:30 AM

I would also say that this is something he did quickly without thinking.

Posted by  on  05/08  at  12:33 AM

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