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Heath Ledger's Accidental Overdose - Discussion Thread (Was: Breaking News)
opinionista:
--- Quote from: Phillip Dampier on February 06, 2008, 11:45:15 am ---This is a pretty outrageous list of drugs to be found in one's system. If a doctor prescribed him Oxycontin, Vicodin, and all of those various anti-anxiety meds, that's obvious malpractice and he or she should never practice medicine again. If someone was handing him these drugs or he obtained them from a dealer, this is yet another tragedy of drug abuse. A lot of young people have turned to prescription drug abuse instead of the illegal street drugs like cocaine and meth. They assume that prescription drugs are less dangerous and addicting. Big pharma likes people to believe that, but with highly addictive drugs like Oxy and Vicodin, where you need to take progressively more of it to combat developing tolerance, they can be just as deadly as crack cocaine.
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I agree.
Sandy:
--- Quote from: Phillip Dampier on February 06, 2008, 11:45:15 am ---This is a pretty outrageous list of drugs to be found in one's system.
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Phillip, I agree. Was he in such serious pain to be prescribed oxycodone and hydrocodone? I don't understand.
Sorry, I'm rambling, I'm in total shock.
Brown Eyes:
I agree Phillip, that list of drugs is pretty shocking. :( Poor Heath.
They way the report uses the terms "accidental" and "abuse" is a bit confusing, and seems to send some mixed messages.
Phillip Dampier:
--- Quote from: Sandy on February 06, 2008, 11:44:31 am ---I don't understand. Accidental death and abuse of prescription medications??? What does that mean?
Does it just mean that he wasn't using them as prescribed?
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No, this was clear abuse, but perhaps not intentional. It's abusive because no responsible doctor would have prescribed all of those drugs to be taken in combination and he took them all over a short period of time. That's a shocking list of drugs. It's accidental because he did not intentionally end his life.
Now whether he hoarded earlier prescriptions and took them all at once, or just as likely a doctor cumulatively prescribed every one of them over a period of time (but not intended to be taken together), is unknown at this time, and should be investigated.
Sandy:
--- Quote from: atz75 on February 06, 2008, 11:49:20 am ---They way the report uses the terms "accidental" and "abuse" is a bit confusing, and seems to send some mixed messages.
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That's where I'm at Amanda.
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