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Heath Ledger's Accidental Overdose - Discussion Thread (Was: Breaking News)
cricket99999:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on February 06, 2008, 10:03:58 pm ---However, as others have said, I'm not sure who would prescribe such strong painkillers as a sleep aid, when there are so many actual medicines for insomnia that work. Had Heath been injured previously? Maybe those were just leftovers from an earlier medical treatment and he recalled that they would knock you out, so he tried them.
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Prescription painkillers remove *emotional* pain. I've seen friends re-discover the contents of their medicine chest while they are coping with emotional upheaval. Painkillers are taken to get through each day, and this plus sedatives to get through each night. I don't know about Heath but this scenario is common. Most people feel invincible, and this includes many smart people. They've taken whatever pills they needed in past without ill effect; why not do it again this time?
louisev:
Study shows thousands in US die of accidental overdosing from prescriptions:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/news/bal-to.hs.prescription07feb07,0,5243276.story
myprivatejack:
Well,here in Spain news don't arrive so soon and perhaps, a little wrong; so,excuse me if I say something that can be offend someone..."Accidental overdose"...what does this mean?.Nobody takes an overdose of the pills a real doctor has prescribe him or her; Heath was intelligent enough as to bear in mind the prescriptions doctor gave him.I can't imagine he took a lot of pills more than would be advisable in order to calm a pain or sleep better,if the initial dose didn't already have an effect on him.Maybe we feel more relieved if we believe this,or better aid,if we know for sure he didn't do it on purpose;but the real thing is that he felt awful,alone and depressed since his breakup...I'm not telling anything "between the lines",but it seems a little strange to me.
However,the only and real point of all this is that a life full with youth,sensibility and beauty has been cut.I'm feeling devastated again,as I wasn't since the first news about his death,Poor Heath¡;now you can sleep...
opinionista:
--- Quote from: myprivatejack on February 07, 2008, 01:25:43 pm ---Well,here in Spain news don't arrive so soon and perhaps, a little wrong; so,excuse me if I say something that can be offend someone..."Accidental overdose"...what does this mean?.Nobody takes an overdose of the pills a real doctor has prescribe him or her; Heath was intelligent enough as to bear in mind the prescriptions doctor gave him.I can't imagine he took a lot of pills more than would be advisable in order to calm a pain or sleep better,if the initial dose didn't already have an effect on him.Maybe we feel more relieved if we believe this,or better aid,if we know for sure he didn't do it on purpose;but the real thing is that he felt awful,alone and depressed since his breakup...I'm not telling anything "between the lines",but it seems a little strange to me.
However,the only and real point of all this is that a life full with youth,sensibility and beauty has been cut.I'm feeling devastated again,as I wasn't since the first news about his death,Poor Heath¡;now you can sleep...
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Hi, I'm in Spain too. Read your pm. I'll explain in Spanish.
louisev:
accidental overdose means that you take two instead of the one that is prescribed, or you take sleeping pills at the same time you take Nyquil, and the combination effect of these will kill you. What seems to make the most sense is that Heath took a pain killer and a tranquilizer and did not get to sleep, and a few hours later tried a different combination, and then took the over the counter sleep medicine. Some of those drugs stay in the bloodstream for two days or more. Changing drugs before the first type has cleared the system can cause disaster.
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