Official Cause of Ledger's Death Reported

By bmartin on February 6, 2008 10:14 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of New York reports today that Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose of 2 prescription opiates, 3 benzodiazepines, and an over-the-counter antihistamine sleep aid: oxycodone (eg, OxyContin), hydrocodone (eg, Vicodin), diazepam (Valium), temazepam (Restoril), alprazolam (Xanax), and doxylamine (eg, Unisom). Although various news stories reported that zolpidem tartrate (Ambien) was found in Ledger's apartment at the time of his death, the drug was not identified in the ME's report.

Categories:

0 TrackBacks

Listed below are links to blogs that reference this entry: Official Cause of Ledger's Death Reported.

TrackBack URL for this entry: http://bmartinmd.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/35

Leave a comment

About this Entry

This page contains a single entry by bmartin published on February 6, 2008 10:14 AM.

Apropos-of-Nothing Wednesday: #1 was the previous entry in this blog.

McCain Not So Pharma-Friendly is the next entry in this blog.

Find recent content on the main index or look in the archives to find all content.

J&R Computer/Music World Pay a penny for shipping on orders $99 or more
Add to Technorati Favorites
Powered by Movable Type 4.01