On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:35:07 -0500, "Sharon Too"
<askformyaddy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> "The nearly full bottles contained the anti-anxiety medications
>> Alprazolam (Xanax), Diazepam (Valium) and Lorazepam (Ativan). The
>> sleeping medication Zoplicone (Lunesta) and the sedative Temazepam
>> (Restoril) -- which is used by people with "debilitating insomnia" -
>> were also found, according to TMZ.com."
>>
>> Can any of these meds listed have fatal side effects if taken in
>> combination with each other??
>
>Absolutely. He was also taking another prescription sleep medication
called
>Ambien. So that's three narcotics/controlled substances (Valium, Xanax,
>Ativan) and the three RX sleep agents. From what I understand, he's had
>serious insomnia for a while and getting 2 hours each night wasn't
unusual.
>He had been trotting back and forth between continents and filming a
movie.
>I can see how the sleep deprivation and other factors could have made him
>desperate and confused enough to overdose. This may have been going on
long
>enough that he built not only an addiction to these meds, but also a
>tolerance making him take more to get the affect. So sad.
>
It also seems that after playing the Joker in the new Batman movie
he developed a severe case of depression.
I have to wonder if this will be similar to the Anna Nichole Smith
case where a number of drugs interacted killing the patient and
the final results will be squashed by well connected drug companies.
Is this another case where the cure is worse than the disease it
is trying to cure?
For kicks sometime read the side effects for the medications you
get prescribed. Sometimes they seem worse than the affliction
itself.
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