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Anna Nicole Smith's son had methadone, antidepressants in blood
Sep 28, 2006, 3:36 GMT
Los Angeles - Former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith's son had a mix of methadone and two antidepressants in his blood stream when he died according to a new toxicology report, US media reported Wednesday.
Daniel Smith, 20, died from the cumulative effects of the lethal drug mixture, pathologist Cyril Wecht told the E!Online on Wednesday.
Wecht said it was not a suicide, instead he described the surprise death as 'a tragic, accidental drug-related death.'
The pathologist said he did not know why the young man was taking methadone. Daniel Smith's family also expressed surprise about the finding, he said.
Methadone is prescribed to help heroin addicts recover, but is also given as a pain reliever.
Daniel Smith died September 10 in his mother's hospital room in the Bahamas. Anna Nicole Smith had given birth to a daughter three days earlier.
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memeSep 28th, 2006 - 19:55:08
How tragic. Most people take their doctors word for it when they are prescribed medication. In actual practice their doctors typically know not much more about the medications than the patient and they definitely do not know all the interactions and side effects. As a result, they do not warn their patients. Taking any kind of medication is a VERY big deal - it impairs all kinds of routine bodily functions.
I hope Anna Nicole Smith takes the doctor/s and pharmaceutical companies responsible to the cleaners and sues them for everything they have.
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