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Ledger Died of Accidental Overdose
    #7986220 - 02/06/08 11:03 AM (15 years, 11 months ago)

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20176256,00.html

Ledger Died of Accidental Overdose
A medical examiner says that toxicology reports indicate that the actor died of an accidental overdose on prescription drugs
By Mike Bruno

The New York City medical examiner reported on Wednesday (Feb. 6) that actor Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs, according to multiple reports. In a statement, the examiner said he died ''as the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam, and doxylamine.'' Those are the generic names for drugs often marketed as brand name painkillers OxyContin and Vicodin, the anti-anxiety medications Valium and Xanax, the sleep aid Restoril, and the sedating antihistimine sleep aid Unisom. There was no explanation for why the death was determined ''accidental.''

Ledger's housekeeper, along with a massage therapist, discovered his body lying face down in his Manhattan apartment on Jan. 22. Law enforcement officials said several different kinds of prescription pills were found at the scene, including pills to treat insomnia and anxiety, and an antihistamine. Police said no illegal drugs were found.

Police announced on Jan. 23, a day after the actor's body was discovered, that an initial autopsy proved inconclusive.

Ledger earned an Oscar nomination for his performance in 2005's Brokeback Mountain. He most recently played one of several incarnations of Bob Dylan in I'm Not There, and he will appear in the next Batman movie, The Dark Knight. The actor was working on Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus, which also features Christopher Plummer, when he died last month.


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Re: Ledger Died of Accidental Overdose [Re: Anno]
    #7986413 - 02/06/08 12:13 PM (15 years, 11 months ago)

Really? I've heard so many different things on this. I've heard on the news that there was nothing in his system. Interesting.


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Re: Ledger Died of Accidental Overdose [Re: ilus]
    #7986515 - 02/06/08 12:39 PM (15 years, 11 months ago)

wow. i've never popped such a variety of different pills at one time.

he had taken 6 different pills. i'm sure he went out feeling pretty good though.


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Re: Ledger Died of Accidental Overdose [Re: appleorange]
    #7986683 - 02/06/08 01:22 PM (15 years, 11 months ago)

just cause he tested positive doesn't mean he was on them all at once, he could have been though.


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Re: Ledger Died of Accidental Overdose [Re: Anno]
    #7986693 - 02/06/08 01:24 PM (15 years, 11 months ago)

That's too bad. He had a lot of promise. If this'd been the UK, they'd blame it on skunk, no doubt.


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Re: Ledger Died of Accidental Overdose [Re: Le_Canard]
    #7986800 - 02/06/08 01:49 PM (15 years, 11 months ago)

why would you need to mix that much pills


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Re: Ledger Died of Accidental Overdose [Re: Substance D]
    #7987591 - 02/06/08 04:45 PM (15 years, 11 months ago)

His father is trying to blame it on the doctor for prescribing him a "lethal combination". He claims that his son never abused any medication.


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Re: Ledger Died of Accidental Overdose [Re: Le_Canard]
    #7987734 - 02/06/08 05:20 PM (15 years, 11 months ago)

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ToiletDuk said:
That's too bad. He had a lot of promise. If this'd been the UK, they'd blame it on skunk, no doubt.



Or the super skunk that just hit the market


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Re: Ledger Died of Accidental Overdose [Re: Mrbob]
    #7988957 - 02/06/08 08:27 PM (15 years, 11 months ago)

If all that came from one doctor, it is a bit of a WTF? Though I suppose it wouldn't be too hard to explain away each prescription.

Oxycodone for chronic pain.
Hydrocodone for break through pain.
Diazepam for chronic anxiety.
Alprazolam for acute / break through anxiety.
Temazapam for sleep.

I think the doxylamine is available OTC.

He was a well medicated man, thats for sure.


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Re: Ledger Died of Accidental Overdose [Re: Anno]
    #7989193 - 02/06/08 09:14 PM (15 years, 11 months ago)

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Anno said:
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20176256,00.html
Police said no illegal drugs were found.






Well thank god for that, I'd hate to think he was a druggy.


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