2006-10-01 14:09:01 · 14 answers · asked by schenzy 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities
it was a bad mix of three different drugs he took, but it was accidental.
2006-10-01 14:10:26 · answer #1 · answered by ann.natalie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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Anna Nicole Smith
Pathologist: Drug Combo Killed Smith Son
Sep 27, 5:57 PM EST
The Associated Press
Anna Nicole Smith's 20-year-old son died from a lethal combination of methadone and two antidepressant drugs, a U.S.-based pathologist who conducted a private autopsy said Wednesday.
Toxicology tests showed Daniel Smith had methadone, Zoloft and Lexapro in his system when he died Sept. 10 in a hospital room in the Bahamas where his former Playboy playmate mother was recuperating from giving birth to a daughter, according to Cyril Wecht.
"The fact that we have these drugs and the levels of the drugs overwhelmingly and most logically point to this being a tragic, accidental, drug-related death," Wecht told The Associated Press from his home in the Pittsburgh area.
Wecht said Smith apparently died from a "classical" combination of the drugs which had a lethal "cumulative effect on the central nervous system."
"Coroners working around the country, we see this in people taking two or three drugs or more," he said.
Smith had been reported to be suffering from depression in the weeks before he went to the Bahamas to visit his reality TV star mom and his newborn half-sister. Zoloft and Lexapro are antidepressants commonly prescribed for patients with anxiety and panic disorders.
Methadone, a pain-reliever, is also commonly used by people recovering from drug addictions.
"It is used for people who have been on heroin or morphine," Wecht said. "I have made those inquiries. I can only say to you no one has suggested anything having to do with drug addiction in this boy."
Wecht said he would share his results Thursday with the pathologist who conducted the official autopsy in the Bahamas, but did not know whether they would issue a joint report on the death.
In Nassau, Chief Magistrate Roger Gomez said he has not yet received official toxicology results, which will determine whether or not a jury inquest into the death is necessary.
Smith's body remained at a Bahamas funeral home hired by the family Wednesday.
Howard K. Stern, a lawyer for Anna Nicole Smith who was in the hospital room when Daniel died, told CNN's "Larry King Live" on Tuesday that he is the father of the 3-week-old baby Dani Lynne Hope.
2006-10-01 23:06:12 · answer #2 · answered by mystic rain 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aliens
2006-10-01 21:10:43 · answer #3 · answered by CLARABELLE 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard it was a mixture of Methadone with some anti-depressant drug which had toxic, and ultimately fatal results. Methadone cannot be mixed with other medication - most people are unaware of that fact.
2006-10-01 21:11:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Methadone
2006-10-01 21:10:04 · answer #5 · answered by tictak kat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An accidental overdose - or bad reaction of different medications, I guess, is a better way to put it.
2006-10-02 10:30:53 · answer #6 · answered by Tony M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heart attack by 3 different drugs he took
2006-10-01 21:11:45 · answer #7 · answered by zombiepirate_13 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mixture of the wrong drugs...shut everything down in his system....like putting everything to sleep.
2006-10-01 21:47:25 · answer #8 · answered by ~~ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
accidental death. combination of 3 prescription drugs.
methadone, lexapro and another anti~depressant. stopped his heart. lethal combination.
2006-10-01 21:11:36 · answer #9 · answered by schmoopie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a lethal combination of zoloft,lexapro and methidone
2006-10-01 21:23:49 · answer #10 · answered by poogie2373 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋