MIAMI.- The County Medical Examiner’s Office los angeles informed that the actor Matthew Perry, famous for his role as Chandler Bing in the series Friends, He died from the effects of ketamine, a drug prescribed to patients with depression.
Although in some cases it is also used as a recreational drug, the toxicology report on Perry, who died on October 28, showed that the actor had received, a week and a half before his death, ketamine infusion therapy for depression and anxiety. anxiety.
However, the coroner also highlighted that the ketamine present in his body at the time of his death It wasn’t enough to bring him to an end. “It couldn’t come from that infusion therapy, since the half-life of ketamine is 3 to 4 hours, or less,” the expert said, according to TMZ.
According to information from the coroner, six months before she died, a doctor told Perry that she was fine, so it was not necessary for her to receive frequent therapy. However, it is unknown how often the interpreter underwent this treatment prior to her death.
The expert noted that this produced cardiovascular overstimulation and respiratory depression.
Other factors in death
A series of factors also contributed to the incident: drowning in the jacuzzi where he was found, coronary artery disease, and the effects of buprenorphine, a medicine that is prescribed to those suffering from opioid addiction.
Although the report states that smoking did not influence death, it was revealed that Perry smoked two boxes of cigarettes a day, which led to his suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). She also suffered from emphysema and diabetes.
Based on interviews that Perry had offered after the release of his book Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, The coroner noted that the actor remained clean and sober for 19 months. The examination found no signs of substances such as alcohol, methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, PCP or fentanyl.
