2006-10-14 13:02:34 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities
From what I read it was a heart attack caused by a mixture of drugs. Antidepressants & methadome a drug used to wean addicts off hard drugs like meth or herion. Ii is sad he was very nice looking, and just got to hold his little baby sister in his arms. I know Anna Nicole has a reputation, but she is human, and all of this at one time must really be rocking her total world! God be with her.
2006-10-14 13:07:04 · answer #1 · answered by dancinintherain 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NEWS
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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.
2006-10-14 13:23:51 · answer #2 · answered by mystic rain 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drug cocktail.
Bahamian police went to California to interview the son's doctor and try to determine where the drugs came from.
Always the possibility they came from the dysfunctional Mother and/or Stern.
2006-10-14 13:33:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He died of an overdose from a combination of methadone, and two antidepressants.
2006-10-14 15:33:11 · answer #4 · answered by pixles 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He had a lethal dosage of Zoloft, Lexapro, and Methadone in his system.
2006-10-14 13:54:45 · answer #5 · answered by [ Xtine ] 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he died by having an overdose of his medicine and died instantly on september 8
2006-10-14 13:11:24 · answer #6 · answered by campbell_chloe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as far as i know there has been no autopsy report yet. but most r speculating drugs and meds. and they r saying he had a heart condition that no one knew about.
2006-10-14 13:07:14 · answer #7 · answered by Nora G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wasn't it a drug overdose? That is really a shame.
2006-10-14 16:01:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
walking tryng to lose weight
2006-10-14 13:05:43 · answer #9 · answered by 777iscool 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
he died of an accidental drug overdose.
2006-10-14 13:59:03 · answer #10 · answered by vk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋