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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Chief: Smith died of accidental overdose
2007-03-27
Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith died of an accidental overdose of a sleeping medication and at least eight other prescription drugs, and she had recently had a bacterial infection from injecting drugs into her buttocks, authorities said Monday.

Broward County Medical Examiner Joshua Perper said
Smith died of "combined drug intoxication" with the sleeping medication chloral hydrate as the major factor.
Smith died of "combined drug intoxication" with the sleeping medication chloral hydrate as the major factor. She had been taking a lengthy list of medications, including methadone for pain and valium, but those drugs were at therapeutic levels, he said. A bacterial infection from injecting medication in her buttocks and the flu contributed to her death, according to the report.

Chloral hydrate is a sedative used to treat insomnia and alcohol withdrawal, relieve anxiety and ease post-surgery pain. The drug is rarely prescribed and is known to be fatal if combined with certain other drugs - including the sedative Lorazepam, which the autopsy showed she was taking, said Dr. Chip Walls, a forensic toxicologist for the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami. "It's very toxic if you mix it with any other central nervous system depressant drugs," Walls said. "You could get profound sedation leading up to coma and respiratory arrest."

Perper said Smith also had been on several antidepressant and antianxiety drugs and had recently taken longevity medications, vitamin B12 and growth hormone. An assistant medical examiner's report described seeing a table in Smith's hotel room containing cold medicine, soda cans, SlimFast, nicotine gum and an open box of Tamiflu tablets. "We found nothing to indicate any foul play," said Chief Charlie Tiger of the Seminole police department.
Posted by:Fred

#15  The question now becomes what did condition(s) did Anna Nicole have that induced/motivated her to take so many meds.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-03-27 23:33  

#14  Notice how H K Stern hasn't worked in a while? Maybe he is waiting for his investment to pay off.
Posted by: Sneaze   2007-03-27 22:56  

#13  11 LOL, don't listen to him Lisa, hima dedbeat dawg.

ima reformed dawg. >:)
Posted by: RD   2007-03-27 22:01  

#12  They like me! They really like me!!
Posted by: Ex Astronaut Lisa Nowak   2007-03-27 21:23  

#11  LOL, don't listen to him Lisa, hima dedbeat dawg.
Posted by: Shipman   2007-03-27 18:58  

#10  I see Lisa has become a perminate contributor here at the 'Burg. Welcome Mz Norwak Ima the nice guy here, plenty of extra didys at the O club, just axe AB. btw plz don't stalk me thx in advance.
Posted by: RD   2007-03-27 17:40  

#9  How much did the infected buttocks kill her, really?

Brain tumors have killed millions.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-03-27 15:14  

#8  Jesus, was she on enough shit?
I thought Dr. Nick got put outta business when Elvis died.
Posted by: tu3031   2007-03-27 15:01  

#7  Methadone?

"Methadone is a rigorously well-tested medication that is safe and efficacious for the treatment of narcotic withdrawal and dependence. For more than 30 years this synthetic narcotic has been used to treat opioid addiction. (snip), Methadone ... permits addicts on methadone to change their behavior and to discontinue heroin use."

Giving up smack and alcohol at the same time? Then bring on the anxiety tablets and sleeping pills, and it will all go away. How much did the infected buttocks kill her, really?
Posted by: rhodesiafever   2007-03-27 14:54  

#6  sleeping medication and at least eight other prescription drugs, and she had recently had a bacterial infection from injecting drugs into her buttocks

Let me count the ways ... First off, it would be more than generous to say that her own stupidity is what killed her. Instead, there is no way on earth that this bimbo was unaware of drug synergy interactions. More likely, she was purposefully ingesting "at least eight other prescription drugs" for that precise effect. Add to this that she was self-injecting, one of the most dangerous methods of drug consumption there is, and "stupidity" is far too kind a word.

This woman was a total moron and any journalist who makes her out to be a victim of her own fame or some such tommyrot needs a lengthy session of bastinado.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-03-27 13:57  

#5  Died from a stinking, pus-filled abcess on her ass and her own "treatment" of those very famous private parts. Not quite the Marilyn Munroe image she was striving for. Butt, appropriate. so very appropriate for the skank she was.
Posted by: Thinemp Whimble   2007-03-27 13:19  

#4  I think the media should use all it's resources and stay on this story. There has to be more to it. There has to be...
Posted by: Ex Astronaut Lisa Nowak   2007-03-27 12:18  

#3  What Broadband6 said. Everyone is talking about her body or her money. The only time the kid even comes up is in who the father is that gets to handle her bank account.
Posted by: Charles   2007-03-27 04:29  

#2  I feel bad for her daughter. Other then that, muchadoo about nothing.
Posted by: Broadhead6 in Iraq   2007-03-27 02:01  

#1  Looks like some Attys' beliefs of physician incompetency or unprofess conduct just may be on the money.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-03-27 01:15  

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