Comments on: Brittany Murphy & The Trouble With Prescription Drugs

By: Tom J

Tom J — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:35:33 +0000

Couldn’t agree more. I see all these tragic deaths due to crap like Vicodin and Percocet and I can’t help but think “what a terrible shame that you’re all such GOD-DAMN PUSSY LIGHTWEIGHTS”.

I remember a time when celebritites could hold their drugs. It was a better time, when the term “drugs” didn’t refer to glorified paracetamol.

By: Leah

Leah — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:12:48 +0000

I don’t actually say that Brittany Murphy had a drug addiction, I just imply it in a roundabout sort of a way. But it’s obviously all intended to be tongue in cheek.
And as for “wannabe journalist”, I’m far too lazy and old for that and am quite happy to be a media type who occasionally writes blogs, thanks.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:21:07 +0000

I haven’t heard or read any report from the coroner stating that
Brittany Murphy had a drug addiction.Multiple drug intoxication
could refer to two or more prescription drugs interacting to produce
life threatening or lethal results.Brittany Murphy may not have been warned or was unaware that the combination of certain prescription
drugs was dangerous.What ever the final report on her death states;
Shouldn’t all these wannabe journalists wait for the final toxicology report before speculating and trashing the reputation of someone who is no longer here to defend herself?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:14:35 +0000

Michael Jackson’s death certificate and autopsy report.
http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_documents/0901_mj_dcert.pdf
http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tmz_documents/0208_mj_case_report_wm.pdf

“Like Michael Jackson and Heath Ledger and Anna Nicole Smith, Brittany’s death wasn’t down to crack or coke, ketamine or ecstasy, just prescription drugs.”

It seems you haven’t read the reports…(that is, the medical reports, not the media reports…)

Cause of Death: Acute Propofol Intoxication
Manner of Death: Homicide
How it Occurred: Intravenous injection by another.

N.B. You can’t get a prescription for a hospital grade anesthetic, nor can you self-administer. The report clearly states that there were zero narcotics in his system, along with no indication that there had been at any time in, at least, the last several months to a year. The only things in his system were the sleep aids that Murray administered that evening/morning. The medications found in his room were prescribed for legitimate problems. (The autopsy states he suffered from Vitiligo, an inflamed lung (Lupus), and arthritis of the spine.) Based on the prescription dates and pill count, he wasn’t even taking them as regularly as suggested.

There is absolutely no indication of an addiction. This is not a case of the doctor over-prescribing and the patient ODing. As the manner of death on the certificate clearly states, this is homicide.

Good thinking, though, to throw Michael’s name in there in order to generate more hits.