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Just read this. Sounds like he had alot of factors all working together against him. I wonder if he had properly advised all the doctors he saw before getting all subsequent prescriptions.
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Speaking from personal experience, it's all too easy to lose track of medications and have something bad happen. Posts: 6689 | Registered: Jan 2005
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So sad, but it'll probably be somewhat comforting to his family to know that it was basically an unfortunate accident.
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quote:Originally posted by Puffy Treat: Speaking from personal experience, it's all too easy to lose track of medications and have something bad happen.
Yeah. And if you have bad insomnia, it's really frustrating when your medication stops working. You get extremely tempted to try just about anything to get to sleep.
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The masseuse used Heath's phone, and her name was probably the first one he recognized on it. The two stars were acquainted and had probably spoken recently - they both lived in NYC, although Miss Olsen was in California on the day Heath was found.
The masseuse probably should have called 911 first, but it seems like he was rattled. It didn't make a difference either way.
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quote:...combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and doxylamine.
Forgive me, but is it "accidental" to have SIX in one's system?
I personally have never been on any medication of this nature, but I have been wondering how easy is it to accidentally die from this. I figure it's not like you're supposed to take two, accidentally take three and you're dead. I figure you have to take a truckload of them, in which case it's hardly "accidental", no?
I'm not trying to shed bad light on this tragic event; it's just an attempt at personal understanding.
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The article made it sound like he did not have more than the prescribed dose of any of them, it was the combination that was toxic. And they weren't all prescribed for the same symptoms -- painkillers, anti-anxiety, and sleep aids.
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quote:I figure you have to take a truckload of them, in which case it's hardly "accidental", no?
The comments by family in the article indicate that he took a normal dose of each, but that the combination was lethal.
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This really scares me, because I know for a fact I have had those particular 6 drugs in my system all at once, and all except the oxycodone were prescribed or bought over the counter, and I took normal doses of each. I was just trying to get some sleep and stop having panic attacks. No one ever advised me that there could be potential hazards from mixing those drugs. I read all my handouts on prescriptions very carefully, and because I am typically taking a fairly decent amount of medication on a daily basis, I frequently research drug interactions. It worries me a bit that neither my doctor nor my pharmacist gave me any precautions.
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It's happened to me. I've been on multiple medications medications where by themselves the doses were okay, but together they had a dangerous cumulative effect.
Accidents of this sort happen with frightening ease.
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