Matthew Perry's cause of death revealed

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Friends' star Matthew Perry was killed by ketamine and drowning, with his death ruled an accident.

'The County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner (DME) determined the cause of death for 54-year-old actor Matthew Langford Perry as the acute effects of ketamine,' the Los Angeles coroner's office said.

'Contributing factors in Mr Perry’s death include drowning, coronary artery disease and the effects of buprenorphine (used to treat opioid use disorder). The manner of death is accident.'

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Matthew Perry's cause of death revealed
 

No surprises. The drug of choice was the only question really, right?

He's not the first, and won't be the last.

You live a risky life style, and you roll the dice.
 
VaughanJB said:
No surprises. The drug of choice was the only question really, right?

He's not the first, and won't be the last.

You live a risky life style, and you roll the dice.
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however in Matthews case he was supposed to have been clean of all drugs for the last 8 months, so he told us ...in his book and on his round of chat shows...


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Friends star Matthew Perry died from the 'acute effects of ketamine' and drowning, his autopsy has revealed - with the actor having similar quantities of ketamine in his system as a hospital patient under general anesthetic.

'The County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner determined the cause of death for 54-year-old actor Matthew Langford Perry as the acute effects of ketamine,' the Los Angeles coroner's office said on Friday.

'Contributing factors in Mr Perry's death include drowning, coronary artery disease, and the effects of buprenorphine (used to treat opioid use disorder). The manner of death is accident.'

Perry, 54, was found face-down in the hot tub which adjoins the swimming pool at his Los Angeles home at 4.17pm on October 28, stunning the world of showbiz and breaking the hearts of fans worldwide.

He had been receiving ketamine infusion therapy as treatment for depression, the medical examiner reported - but the last session was a week and a half before he died, and the ketamine is only in your system for three to four hours, which means it did not lead directly to his death.

'At the high levels of ketamine found in his postmortem blood specimens, the main lethal effects would be from both cardiovascular overstimulation and respiratory depression,' the medical examiner, Raffi Djabourian, concluded.
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birdy said:
He was getting ketamine infusions they say. It's a sedative and I'm shocked he was in a hot tub with it in his system. Tragedy.
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the thing is , given his long history of hard drug taking... he probably thought he was safe.. he must have done it many times before while drugged up...
 
He had a bunch of drugs in his system including some hormones, found nicotine vapes in his home. Saw another report where he had heart disease. His body was basically a train wreck by the half century mark. And he had money and medical care. Think about those that don't or can't get treatment. He just didn't look healthy in the finals years of pictures.

Yes sad but his choices caught up to him as they will others. People should be taught young that doing drugs daily yearly can't be turned off by a switch. They will be dealing with the consequences of their drug use forever.
 
he had talked about getting ketamine infusions in rehab and wrote that it was 'not for me' in his memoir before his tragic death.

In Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, the late Friends actor, who passed away at age 54, had opened up about undergoing ketamine infusion therapy when he was in rehab in Switzerland.

He said that it often made him feel like he was taking 'a giant exhale' but he would also sometimes feel like he was 'dying' when doing the therapy.

The beloved star — whose cause of death was revealed to be 'acute effects of ketamine' — had still been undergoing ketamine infusion therapy in the weeks leading up to his passing in late October.

He explained in his book that he was getting the treatments because the synthetic form of ketamine is used nowadays 'to ease pain and help with depression'.
For that reason, he said it was like ketamine 'has my name written all over it' and 'they might as well have called it "Matty".'

In his book, he recalled undergoing the treatments in Switzerland for during the beginning of the pandemic.

'They'd bring me into a room, sit me down, put headphones on me so I could listen to music, blindfold me, and put an IV in,' he recalled in his book.

He had written that he would 'disassociate' as he listened to music during the infusions, adding that he 'often thought that I was dying during that hour.'

'Oh, I thought, this is what happens when you die,' he continued. 'Yet I would continually sign up for this s*** because it was something different, and anything different is good.'

'Taking K is like being hit in the head with a giant happy shovel. But the hangover was rough and outweighed the shovel,' he said, concluding that 'ketamine was not for me'.

At that same facility, Perry recalled a near-death experience when his heart stopped before he had to undergo a surgical procedure.
 
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hollydolly said:
however in Matthews case he was supposed to have been clean of all drugs for the last 8 months, so he told us ...in his book and on his round of chat shows...
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Call me cynical, but since when has a drug addict been a believable source? He had a long history with drugs, and he was eventually taken by them. What he chose to say for publicity (or perhaps delusional) reasons is besides the point. As I said, not the first, won't be the last. I mean, sounds like he swapped one drug for another.

I've been very surprised at the interest in this death, which seems more than other similar celebrities. I guess my not watching TV for a long time meant I never connected with the guy or his roles. I did see some episodes of Friends, but it was never a show I particularly liked.
 
One reason people have such difficulty giving up drugs is because they activate your dopamine levels when you get high. Also subsequent highs are never as good as the first one and people keep chasing it. When I was in college I took some classes on substance abuse.

Some people can just decide to quit but many struggle their entire lives. I was never tempted to try them because of this knowledge. Once you quit it can literally take years to feel better and not be depressed. This is because of the damage that they have done.

Years ago the president of one of the local small colleges had a million dollar home at Lake Tahoe, had a good job, family and was well respected. He tried cocaine at a party, eventually got addicted and lost everything.
 
Teacher Terry said:
One reason people have such difficulty giving up drugs is because they activate your dopamine levels when you get high. Also subsequent highs are never as good as the first one and people keep chasing it. When I was in college I took some classes on substance abuse.

Some people can just decide to quit but many struggle their entire lives. I was never tempted to try them because of this knowledge. Once you quit it can literally take years to feel better and not be depressed. This is because of the damage that they have done.

Years ago the president of one of the local small colleges had a million dollar home at Lake Tahoe, had a good job, family and was well respected. He tried cocaine at a party, eventually got addicted and lost everything.
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I don't want to go into details, but a friend of mine was on Heroin. He finally got off it aged 35 or so. He was dead by 42. It wasn't his taking drugs that got him, it was all the damage he'd done to his body during his addiction. People need to know that when you've been through something like this, you don't just stop and get a free bill of health. You do damage. A grim reality.
 
Vaughn, you are so right. Alcohol can also do a lot of damage although your body starts to repair itself fairly quickly after quitting providing you don’t have cirrhosis.
 
Teacher Terry said:
Vaughn, you are so right. Alcohol can also do a lot of damage although your body starts to repair itself fairly quickly after quitting providing you don’t have cirrhosis.
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The biggest problem with alcohol is that it's a slow killer, giving the drunk enough time to wreck several marriages, jobs, and cause chaos in the lives of lovers and extended family. It's a terrible thing to do to yourself.
 
VaughanJB said:
The biggest problem with alcohol is that it's a slow killer, giving the drunk enough time to wreck several marriages, jobs, and cause chaos in the lives of lovers and extended family. It's a terrible thing to do to yourself.
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..and an even worse thing to do to innocent other people in their lives..
 
VaughanJB said:
The biggest problem with alcohol is that it's a slow killer, giving the drunk enough time to wreck several marriages, jobs, and cause chaos in the lives of lovers and extended family. It's a terrible thing to do to yourself.
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I agree but I have seen many people quit drinking before they ruined their lives and health. I can’t say the same for drug users.
 
Mathew Perry from earliest era was reported to have been more an alcoholic and nicotine addict than a drug user. And my personal experience with acquaintances is that alcoholic users that also usually combine alcohol with other drugs have always been most likely to have health issues with a lower lack of self control. Famous musicians that OD'd on other drugs were almost all using alcohol at the same time. Hollywood actors, musicians, baseball players, and dancers have at least since the 1920s, always had easy access to stimulant drugs because such can sometimes help performance.

I never watched more than a minute or two of his TV series while switching channels, much like the list of other famous situational TV comedies. So am not familiar with his acting or life. As a "Let it Be" person, I'm fine with people using some recreational drugs occasionally for enjoyment in their lives, especially caffeine for you coffee and tea consumers and addicts.
 
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I agree but I have seen many people quit drinking before they ruined their lives and health. I can’t say the same for drug users.
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Being physically addicted to alcohol is relatively rare. Meaning, you've got to go a long way down the road to get there. Just another instance of it being a slow burner. People ask, "why isn't weed legal, if alcohol is available". What they should be asking is, "if alcohol, a slow burner destroys lives, why would be legalize weed".

I'm not anti weed. But there is a cost to everything.
 
There's a TV show called, "The Dark Side of Comedy". Each episode is about a famous comedian, who winds up a drug filled train wreck and probably offs himself. They haven't yet run out of comedians. I'm not sure if it's the entertainment business, or the people, who are drawn to it, but addiction is rampant in that profession.
 

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