Posted on 12/22/2009 12:31:58 PM PST by SilvieWaldorfMD
Brittany Murphy's husband and mother made a frantic attempt to revive her before paramedics arrived ... this according to notes written by an investigator from the L.A. County Coroner's office. And, there were a shocking number of strong prescription meds on Brittany's nightstand.
TMZ has reviewed the documents, written by Investigator Blacklock. According to his notes, Brittany Murphy "had been complaining of shortness of breath and severe abdominal pain" for 7 to 10 days prior to her death. According to the notes, Murphy went into the bathroom at around 7:30 AM Sunday and shut the door.
A half hour later Brittany's mother, Sharon Murphy, went to check on her daughter, opened the bathroom door and "discovered the decedent lying on the floor unresponsive." According to the notes, Sharon yelled for help. Brittany's husband, Simon Monjack, who was in bed, heard the screams and ran to the bathroom.
According to the notes, Sharon called 911 and Simon "attempted to revive the decedent by placing her in the shower and running the water."
The notes continue -- "The decedent remained unresponsive and purged her stomach contents prior to the arrival of the paramedics."
Paramedics moved Brittany from the bathroom to the master bedroom, where they found a slew of prescription drugs -- "A check of the nightstands revealed large amounts of prescription medication in the decedent's name. Also noted were numerous empty prescription medication bottles in the decedent's husband's name, the decedent's mother's name and unidentified third party names."
According to the notes, the medications included Topamax (anti-seizure meds also to prevent migraines), Methylprednisolone (anti-inflammatory), Fluoxetine (depression med), Klonopin (anxiety med), Carbamazepine (treats Diabetic symptoms and is also a bipolar med), Ativan (anxiety med), Vicoprofen (pain reliever), Propranolol (hypertension, used to prevent heart attacks), Biaxin (antibiotic), Hydrocodone (pain med) and miscellaneous vitamins.
(Excerpt) Read more at tmz.com ...
Whoa....
Hollyweird Ping
Sounds like she pilled herself to death...
Yikes! A walking pharmacy.
Obama and the congress are destroying America as we speak and THIS is what we’re interested in ... a dead Hollywood goofball?
This one says she had a history of hypoglycemia while others say she had type II diabetes.
Type II is of course the non-insulin dependent variety (really another disease altogether) that one usually contracts in old age or if obese.
How did she manage to stay out of the tabloids if she was such a mess? She was always on the skinny side but never scary skinny. I never heard of any dust-ups or overdoses or arrests or hospitalizations. I must say she came across as a bit nutty in some of her roles but that’s about it.
There’s a Hollywood Ping List on FreeRepublic, Sir or Madam...
Any physical abnormality (shortness of breath and severe abdominal pains) of more than a few days is worthy of a trip to the hospital or at least her physician. I don’t get it.
Bread and Circuses, mate. Perhaps Obama will legalize gladiatorial games so we can all watch the fights on jumbo-tron from the gutters and breadlines a la “The Running Man.”
she always had far-away eyes....from the 1st time I saw her, I told Mama ....she ain’t right
Looks like she missed taking her vitamins.
My father lived with me... between my husband, myself and my dad, we had a LONG list of medications. It didn’t mean we all took them and took them in massive quantities.
Her mother lived with her. Does that mean she took her mom’s pills?
And how many of you have some pain medication from a previous tooth procedure, or anxiety medicine (I do!) or anti-depressants? If someone came in and raided my house, they would need a box and I don’t take pills unless absolutely necessary.
I hate to see this girl’s name smeared when she has never shown any indication of being a Lindsey Lohan or any other twit movie star.
Well, if you combine my meds and my hubby’s, we probably beat that list. He is on four different types of cholesterol meds, plus his two heart meds (one heart rate, the other BP), anxiety meds, pain meds and hormones. For me it is BP meds, hormones and anti-inflammatories and pain meds for my arthritic hip. Then add the over-the-counter stuff such as aspirin for heart therapy and vitamins, our list is pretty extensive, so personally I don’t find this at all shocking.
What am I missing here? What’s the big deal? She appears to be a relatively minor “star”. Is it solely the fact she only 32?
This gave the husband complete control of everything. She was worth more alive than dead, and someone screwed up the dosages or she was just too frail.
PS - this is becoming the all-Tiger, all-Brittany site. We're like TMZ for smart people!
It’s no wonder she had difficulty breathing when taking multiple medications that depress the central nervous system.
Apparently you are interested since you posted
If they were all current prescriptions thats a lot, but I think of my own medicine cabinet, where I have leftovers of old non-refilled prescriptions like hydrocodone for oral surgery 2 years ago, flexoril for when I threw my back out this summer, an antibiotic (cant remember which, it was for that same oral surgery) and it really may not be that bad.
She may have tried one, discontinued it, then never threw out the old bottle.
I really should throw out that old crap I have but I keep it around in case I need it again.
LQ
“attempted to revive the decedent by placing her in the shower and running the water.”
I don’t remember that technique from CPR class.
But maybe it had worked for them before?
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