A warning about seafood has been issued for Jeremy Piven.
Jeremy Piven is exhausted and full of Mercury, allegedly
His doctor told ABC News that the mercury-saturated exhausted actor is in danger:
"He cannot eat seafood. If anyone sees him eating seafood, tell them to call my office."
Piven had to bow out of his starring role in David Mamet's Broadway play "Speed-the-Plow" due to exhaustion from alleged Mercury poisoning.
Dr. Carlon Colker, the internist (and bodybuilder) treating Piven, detailed his debilitating condition.
"This is a situation of mercury toxicity," Colker, the medical director of Peak Wellness of Greenwich, Conn. told ABCNews.com.
"His level [of mercury] was quite high, almost six times the normal limit. ... In this case, it's either because of fish -- he ate sushi twice a day for years -- or because of the Chinese herbs he was taking, or both. We're pretty sure about the fish, how much the Chinese herbs contributed, we don't know. We don't have the specifics of which herbs he took."
"Right now he's being treated with bed rest; out of bed is tolerated," Colker continued. "He spent three days in the hospital, he's been discharged. He was seen by a Yale cardiologist and a professor emeritus of neurology. He's on some dietary supplements as well to protect his organ system function and to clear the mercury from the body. He also cannot eat fish."
"He'll be OK. I think it'll take a few weeks to a couple of months," Colker concluded. "Unfortunately it was like pulling teeth to get him out of the show. This is a situation that I think will resolve as long as he's attending to his health."
Piven's sudden departure from "Speed-the-Plow" raised eyebrows.
"We have been advised by Jeremy Piven's medical representatives that he is seriously ill and is unable to fulfill his contractual obligation to 'Speed-the-Plow.' Consequently, he has left the production ten weeks early," the show's producers said in a statement to ABCNews.com.
David Mamet spoke to Variety about the incident.
"I talked to Jeremy on the phone, and he told me that he discovered that he had a very high level of mercury," the playwright told Daily Variety. "So my understanding is that he is leaving show business to pursue a career as a thermometer."
As a result of the exhausted Piven's bowing out of 'Speed-the-Plow' - his part has been scooped up by William H. Macy and Leo Butz. Butz starts in the play Dec. 23; Macy picks up the role Jan. 13.
ABC noted that Piven, upon winning his Emmy for his work on "Entourage" claimed that his talent may not work for the stage.
"I just got off a plane from New York in which I'm doing a play," Piven said, according to ABC. "And what's so interesting is that I'm in the midst of this rehearsal and I'm feeling like maybe I should go into roofing, I'm so bad. That's what it feels like right now."
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