Heath Ledger’s Death Cause Revealed
Last night, I saw the news about the cause of death of the famous hollywood actor, Heath Ledger. According to the news, the cause of death of the actor was due to drug overdose. The actor took different prescription drugs which caused him his death.
Here is the deatailed article from CNN.com:
(CNN)—Heath Ledger died from an accidental overdose of prescription medications including painkillers, anti-anxiety drugs and sleeping pills, the New York City medical examiner’s office said Wednesday.
"Mr. Heath Ledger died as the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam, and doxylamine," the office said in a short statement.
"We have concluded that the manner of death is accident, resulting from the abuse of prescription medications."
Hydrocodone and oxycodone are painkillers. Diazepam is an anti-anxiety drug commonly sold under the brand name Valium; alprazolam is also an anti-anxiety drug sold under such names as Xanax. Temazepam, sold under such names as Restoril and Euhypnos, is a sleeping agent. Doxylamine, an antihistamine, can be obtained over the counter as a sleep aid.
Actor Heath Ledger, 28, died January 22 at an apartment in Lower Manhattan.
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Too much dependence on drugs and being careless of taking them in I guess is really not ideal, and bad for your health. So, actors should really stop taking different medications at the same time. They must take it one and a time (which also means to take ‘em in at the rigth time). A little sacrifice would not hurt. It would be better to suffer from pain than die the next day just because you can’t take in the pain for a while.
