No Illegal Drugs Found in Brittany Murphy's System
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On Thursday, the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office released the full autopsy report for Brittany Murphy, who died Dec. 20 at age 32 from multiple drug intoxication, pneumonia and "iron deficiency anemia."
The report contains the medications present in her blood, which include elevated levels of hydrocodone and acetaminophen, which are both components of Vicodin.
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Also in the actress' system: chlorpheniramine, the active ingredient in some over-the-counter medications, as well as L-methamphetamine, a component of some inhalers.
No illegal drugs were detected in her body.
"It should be noted that the pattern of use of these medications suggest treatment of symptoms of a cold or other respiratory infection," the report reads.
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Earlier this month, the Los Angeles County Coroner revealed that Murphy's pneumonia was "exacerbated" by her multiple drug intoxication.
Her death was ruled an accident.
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25Actually Shirt 11:35pm it IS caused by excessive heavy periods. HOW ABOUT you look it up? It is a known FACT she has had problems with her cycle and that it was excessive and very painful. Losing THAT amount of blood for 7-14 days WILL cause anemia AND iron def. I have been there and went thru it (thank god for hysterectomy at 27). Excessive periods happen often just as often as people who don't have them often enough! Birth control (which she WAS on) will help SOMETIMES but not all! All b/c will do is attempt to slow it down and that does NOT always work! Right before my hysterectomy I was CONSTANTLY on mine they had to give my premarin which is a menopausal hormone to stop me for 10 days at a time! Otherwise I constantly went for the entire month! I was very anemic and low on iro! I know all to well how it can and will affect a woman! It was CONFIRMED she weighed a HEALTHY weight so duh hello it was not aneorexia! TMZ is NOT a reliable source so "read the facts" you need to RECHECK your facts. TMZ ALWAYS has incorrect stories!
Brittany Murphy obtained a prescription for 120 hydrocodone (Vicodin) pills 11 days before her death .... and the day she died there were only 11 pills left in the bottle ... TMZ has learned. What's more we've learned the L.A. County Coroner's Office cannot locate the doctor who prescribed the pills and they are on the hunt to find him.
She should have only gone thru 44 Vic's not 109...and thats just one bottle!
She OD'D!!! She blew thru 109 vicodin in 11 days, from a Dr. they can not locate, not to metion Vicoprofen, and 3 different benzos....This just in, Opiates and Benzos do not mix well, and lower your respirations, and it would be very very uncommon for a Dr. to prescribe the combination of both for any kind of respiratory illness. She was a ADDICT thats why she went from making millions for movie roles, to mere thousands and could not hold a job near the end. Typical Addict behavior, Poor diet, no exercise, and when all you eat is pills, your body shuts down..People need to wake up and stop defending her...the only difference between her and Heath Ledger is they didnt find a rolled up 20$ next to the empty bottles! Hollywood Dr's are going to face some serious scrutiny with all this going on, at least we can thank Michael Jackson for bringing light to this subject.
I believe her iron def. anemia would be caused from something other than her heavy periods.
WRONG Jennifer it was released by the coroner that she weighed a HEALTHY 115!! The ONLY meds that factored in her death were listed above and thet were from the vicoden AKA hydrocodone/acetaminophen (which is not a heavy painkiller to be honest) and the low iron anemia was b/c of her menstral problems as stated in another article! Maybe YOU need to check the facts before you ASSUME things.
Low weight, anemia (likely caused by a constant effort to stay so thin) vicodin (a heavy painkiller), anti-depressants and cough medication, inhalers, seizure meds? Sounds very bad to me the poor thing. Way way too many meds in that little weak body. What she needed was 20 extra pounds on her frame and some iron pills and she would likely have been fine, so sad.
Um it is ADDICT an no I'm a nurse so had to LEARN this stuff. BIG DIFFERENCE!!!
Mrs Pfc you sound like a drug attic yourself!
chlorpheniramine and hydrocodone(vicodin) combination is a very popular cough syrup (Tussionex), which would not be uncommon at all for her to be taking if she had been sick with any type of upper respiratory infection.
L-methamphetamine (found in vicks cold inhalers) is an isomer of D-methamphetamine (street meth). They are not the same! Britany didn't die of drug overdose, just a bad mixture of drugs when her immune sytem is down. I think it is a good example to take good care of yourself, eat healthy, take a break from work when needed, and be VERY careful mixing medications. Prescription med toxicity is becoming an epidemic.
Olivia she did NOT OD on any medications! It clearly states she used the medications properly but b/c her immune system was weakened by pneumonia and she was taking the vicoden (which btw it don't state the dose and how much was taken and this is not really a strong medication)and OTC meds for her cold/flu like symptoms. The article clearly states "it should be noted that the PATTERN USE OF THESE DRUGS WAS IN TREATMENT of symptoms of a cold or other respiratory infection" therefore that says she was NOT abusing the medications! The only reason they were toxic to her is b/c of the TYPE of OTC medication mixed with the vicoden and her being sick with pneumonia! Toxcity is NOT the same thing as ODINg!!! In fact ANYONE can get toxicity from taking medications the EXACT way it is prescribed to them! How you ask? Because medications stay in our blood system for a while and SOME medications build up in blood when they should be cleaned out by our body (When sick our body don't fight things off as easy) and for some medications like say Depekote which is a seizure medication you must get regular blood tests to make sure your body is digesting the medications so to speak and that they are not building up in the body which is what causes toxicity! Taking medications AS prescribed does not determine how the body digests them! Maybe you need to read up on toxicity and OD to find out the difference! This was FAR from a case of OD!
That is sad beyond belief! Everyone who doubted Brittany should be ashamed. God Bless you sweet Brittany. I wish you were still here! You will forever be missed! :(
Although illegal drugs are terrible and no one should use them, the fact that this story rules them out and okays the fact that she od'd on prescription drugs is out of whack!! Drugs are drugs, and presciption ones are the most abused from what I can see with today's celebs.
Tylenol is the brand name and acetaminophen is the generic name but they are the same drug. The hydrocodone/acetaminophen combo is generic name and brand names are Vicoden, Loratab, Norco I could go on and list more brand manes but those are the most comon ones. It is used fore MODERATE to severe pain and comes in many doses (they did not state the dose she was taking) 5/500, 7.5/500 and 10/500. There is more acetaminophen in this combo than there is hydrocodone. They really are not that strong of a medication and yes doctors hand it out like candy which they shouldn't do b/c that makes it easier for addicts to get it and there are many addicted to this medication b/c it does give one more energy. And Cactus you are right Vicoden is basically glorified tylenol!
Vicoden is hydrocodone and acetaminophen combined Iraida so she didn't make a combination. It was not a case that she OD'd on drugs. Anon actually sometimes doctors will prescribe vicoden (loratab or whatever brand name is prefered to use for this combo) for a severe chest cold because it does hurt. Like they said "it should be noted that the PATTERN USE OF THESE DRUGS WAS IN TREATMENT of symptoms of a cold or other respiratory infection". She was NOT abusing them or taking them in a way she should not have been BUT a combo of the vicoden and the OTC cold/chest congestion medications intoxed her b/c she was so sick with the pneumonia! That is a HUGE difference than her ODing on medications!
Doctors hand out Vicodin scripts like candy. I got some once for a minor pain and threw them away after thinking about how stupid it was to take something so potent for a small pain. Waaaaaay overkill. Poor BM, rest in peace.
Vicodin is hydrocodone and acetaminophen. It is a controlled substance used for pain.
Juniper: You are right that acetaminophen is Tylenol. Vicodin is basically glorified Tylenol.
she definetly od'd. that combination itself can kill u.