Dr. Drew: Nothing Natural About Heath’s Death
Amid rampant speculation over what exactly caused Heath Ledger’s tragic death, Dr. Drew Pinsky tells PageSix.com that claims that it could have been from natural causes are “very unlikely.”
“That rarely happens to young people, even if they have pneumonia. And the term ‘natural causes’ is very ambigious. Natural causes always means something, such as a rhythmic disturbance in the heart. Natural causes means something more is going on.”
The TV doc points to drug interaction as the most clear explanation, suggesting that if the 28-year-old had been prescribed an opiate-based cough medicine for pneumonia, it could have played a large part in an accidental overdose.
Police reportedly found Ambien, Xanax, Valium, and two drugs from Europe for sleep called Zoplicone and Donormul in Heath’s bedroom, constituting what Drew calls “an extraordinary and excessive combination.” He tells PageSix.com that Zoplicone’s reference materials state that taking an excess of the drug “may present with excessive sedation, depressed respiratory function which may proceed to coma and possibly death. Zoplicone combined with alcohol, opiates, or any other depressants may be even more likely to lead to fatal overdoes.”
Drew, who deals with all kinds of addiction problems tells PageSix.com that abuse of prescription narcotics such as Xanax, Valium and Ambien is rampant, and poses a much bigger threat than cocaine and crack because they are so readily available.
January 28th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Dr. Drew doesn’t know shit. Xanax, Valium and Ambien are NOT narcotics.
January 28th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
WHATEVER THE REASON,THIS TRULY IS VERY SAD,GOD BLESS HIS FAMILY.R.I.P HEATH
January 28th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Dr. Drew is right on target, for they are all narcotics that can kill you! I personally have been on all of them and ended up on life support from respiratory failure because of them! Heath wasn’t as lucky! Natural causes my ass! He would be still alive if he smoked MARIJUANA/HERB! MF DRUGS & F$CK THE FDA for allowing such shit on the market!!
January 29th, 2008 at 2:43 am
OK, have you ever heard of SADS (Sudden Adult Death Syndrome)? A friend of mine died at 23 - he was a young healthy man! As he was doing laundry he dropped dead. We we’re all shocked, come on, why him, he had all his life to live!? The doctors said “His time was over” and no one can explain or define it.
Just leave Heath alone - why do the media always needs more drama????
January 29th, 2008 at 5:28 am
What’s up with Dr. Drew adding his two cents in? Why can’t they just wait for the autopsy report to come out instead of speculating what happened? Honestly, if the autopsy results come to light and it turns out he did take all those drugs at once, then okay! He did. But if he didn’t, who looks like the idiots for assuming he took every prescription drug in his apartment?
Seriously now… who doesn’t have prescription drugs in their home? Most people don’t toss them after the required use, some save them in case they get the same symptoms again.
Whatever, Dr. Drew…
January 29th, 2008 at 8:02 am
Dr. Drew Addiction expert my foot. All his patients seem never to get clean. Andy Dick anyone?
January 29th, 2008 at 8:22 am
I have been listening to Dr Drew for a long time and he is good at what he does.
February 3rd, 2008 at 3:33 am
ARGH! Andy Dick…Anyways, yes, VALIUM & XANAX can be ADDICTIVE…I agree with Dr. Drew. I still think that it was an Accidental overdose…No one should take THAT many pills at one time…
February 3rd, 2008 at 7:35 am
Why is it so hard to believe he probably just wanted to check out… why is the idea of suicide so taboo. Read the papers,biographies,interviews… Most Celebes and super talented people are depressed (drug addicts are merely self medicating and just killing themselves in a slower manner). We should all be free to end our lives when we are in unbearable physical or mental agony. It makes him no more or less of a talent or human being
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