The death of Anna Nicole Smith's 20-year-old son Daniel Smith was caused by a lethal combination of methadone, Zoloft and Lexapro, according to pathologist Cyril Wecht. Wecht was hired by Smith to conduct a second autopsy on her son and revealed the results from toxicology tests yesterday. The pathologist told American publication People the drugs caused the cardiac dysrhythmia that led to Daniel's death. Zoloft and Lexapro are both classified as anti-depressants, while methadone is used to treat heroin addiction. The toxicology results were conducted by National Medical Services in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania and released on Wednesday
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Question from TaurusPA: Hello Michel, on CTV last night, Cyril Wecht seemed to make light of the fact of these other pills. He sounded like he was saying they wouldn't contribute to death. Do you agree? Or what other facts are you hearing?
Michel Bryant: He may be right about the total impact of these additional drugs. But, the most important fact is that Dr. Wecht never made public the fact that additional drugs were in Daniel's system until we confronted him with the story. Let me give you a tip as to the future of this story and the drug element. You can expect that the methadone (which even Dr. Wecht never quantifies) will be the drug that killed Daniel Smith.
Court TV Host: Didn't Dr. Wecht say that your source was wrong - that those other drugs were not present, correct? Is there going to be a battle of the experts - and how would that likely be resolved?
Michel Bryant: Wecht is a slippery guy. He first denied there were other drugs then went on to name them. He actually named all four and refused to name another that he says were found in "trace" amounts and might prove to be embarrassing to the family. So there will be battle of the experts because the drug amounts and identities will be clear once the Bahamian authorities provide their report. The only issue will be what combination, if any, caused the death. And is there one drug over another that was the predominate cause of death?
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