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Matthew Perry Cause of Death, 'Acute Effects of Ketamine' (www.tmz.com)

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The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office just released the toxicology report, concluding Perry had taken ketamine infusion therapy for depression and anxiety a week-and-a-half before his death.

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[–] WHYAREWEALLCAPS@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

It's TMZ, of course it's shit writing.

From the NYT article on this

“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 autopsy report said. It noted that the level of ketamine investigators found in Perry’s blood was equivalent to the amount that would be used during general anesthesia.

also

Toxicology tests also detected “therapeutic” levels of buprenorphine, a drug that medical examiners said was used to treat drug addiction and for pain; Perry’s live-in assistant said in a witness statement that he was seeing a psychiatrist and taking buprenorphine twice a day as prescribed. Investigators also found evidence of sedatives but found no evidence of alcohol, methamphetamine or cocaine.

https://web.archive.org/web/20231216075716/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/arts/matthew-perry-cause-death-friends.html