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Posted on 01/19/2018 4:56:40 PM PST by Wolfie
Tom Petty's Autopsy: Singer Died From Massive Accidental Drug Overdose
Tom Petty's autopsy results are in, and they show the singer died from an accidental drug overdose as a result of taking a variety of medications.
The L.A. County Coroner says a number of Tom's organs failed due to "mixed drug toxicity."
Tom's autopsy report shows the singer was on several pain meds, including Fentanyl patches, oxycodone (Oxycontin), temazepam (Restoril), alprazolam (Xanax), citalopram (Celexa), acetyl fentanyl and despropionyl fentanyl. The reason doctors prescribed the meds was because of a number of medical problems, including emphysema, knee problems and a fractured hip.
The family says the linchpin to Tom's demise was the fractured hip. He insisted on touring for 53 concert dates with the condition, which worsened over time and caused him to take the meds. On the date he had the heart attack he was told his hip had graduated to a full-on break that made the pain unbearable and may have caused the overuse of meds.
The autopsy says Petty suffered from coronary artery atherosclerosis.
As we reported ... Tom's official death certificate left his cause of death as "deferred," leaving it as a mystery until now.
We broke the story ... Tom went into full cardiac arrest before being taken to a hospital in L.A. He eventually died when his family took him off life support.
Fentanyl was also linked to the deaths of Prince and Lil Peep.
Tom was 66.
Petty was warned about his drug intake, but He Would Not Back Down.
Thats a whole lot. And to manage it properly?
`pain is completely subjective...
“They were his happy pills. No competent physician would prescribe that toxic cocktail. “
Yup.
There is a very skilled Nursing specialist called a “Pain Management Nurse”. They are so needed, yet so rare, that they can name their place and their price.
They have a huge toolkit available to them, to relieve insane levels of multiple kinds of pain at once, without causing addiction or overdose. You can see why they get the big bucks. Accreditation takes years.
Pain management nurses earn an average salary of over $100k annually. On average, other nurses receive pay of about $67.5k
Somebody in Tom Petty’s condition should have kept such a nurse on his staff. Otherwise, he would just be playing Russian Roulette.
And my old friend Howie Epstein played for Petty, and died.
Look at that list of drugs.
What’s your theory, that he was just a health nut?
Sounds like multiple Docs....
Prince was my first thought when I saw the word “fentanyl”.
Yep. Lots of pain but opioids like fentanyl are incredibly addictive.
My friend is drug counselor and he says a majority of the patients he sees in rehab are opiod addicts. It used to be alcohol, coke, meth and heroin but now it’s mostly prescription pain killers.
Very strong and addictive, more so than heroin and no longer any need to inject it. Just pop a pill and your good.
He says it’s not just homeless and skid row types any more either. It’s doctors, nurses, PHARMACISTS, lawyers, military personnel, LEOs, housewives, pro athletes, and lots and lots of wealthy upper crust types.
He calls it the plague of the 21st Century.
Drs in LA/Hollywood are the worst. They seem to be like our politicians. For the right price all honor and ethics go out of the window.
With enough money you can get anything.
...the singer was on several pain meds, including Fentanyl patches, oxycodone (Oxycontin), temazepam (Restoril), alprazolam (Xanax), citalopram (Celexa), acetyl fentanyl and despropionyl fentanyl.
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what kind of pain would cause a doctor or doctors to prescribe that amount of pain meds.
Wanna tell me he was suffering from bone cancer, then fine.
Anything else is just called an addiction.
Restoril is not a pain med, it’s a benzo, used to treat insomnia in the pre-Ambien/Lunesta days.
Not one for long term use, definitely addictive.
Exactly. I don’t know where they get this stuff. Prince died from the same crap as well. Mexican drug gangs mix that stuff with heroin which is why so many people OD from it. They had a father and son a few months back drop dead from merely sniffing it....
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/father-son-die-smoke-brooklyn-article-1.3597135
That’s what they said about Elvis’ death.
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