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Anna Nicole – Killed by Doctors’ Prescription Drugs?

September 22, 2009 on 6:41 pm | In Uncategorized | No Comments

A new article just release by the Associated Press (AP) reports that documents unsealed in the investigation into Anna Nicole Smith’s death showed that a pharmacist refused to fill the prescriptions ordered by her psychiatrist and internist and warned them that it was “pharmaceutical suicide.”

The allegations are that the doctors wrote prescriptions a few days after the death of her son, which included “two sedatives, 300 tablets of methadone, a muscle relaxer, an anti-inflammatory drug and four bottles of a strong painkiller.”

How could anyone in their right mind give that many drugs to someone – especially a doctor? Any layperson could tell that such a mixture would be highly toxic. Then again, these doctors were also reportedly accused of having sexual contact with their patient as well, which isn’t surprising for a psychiatrist.

Many Americans dealing with prescription drug addiction started out with the pills being given to them by doctors. Patients must become more educated about what they’re putting into their bodies. Obviously this was a bit of a different situation since she was in a state of extreme anguish and distress, but drugging someone into oblivion – and ultimately death – won’t solve the problems they are faced with. Even if she had survived the barrage of pills, Anna Nicole would have needed an effective detox and drug rehab center.