Thursday, February 07, 2008

Star Quality

When I fly, I take lorazepam, a generic form of Valium. It helps assuage my otherwise crippling fear of death. Since I only fly maybe 5 or 6 times a year, refills routinely expire before I use up all the pills. I throw them out and call my doctor's assistant for a refill prior to my next adventure.

Getting 10 Valiums is a magical journey for me, an average or lower-than-average consumer. Yet, reports indicate that Heath Ledger was taking 6 medications at the time of his death:

oxycodone
Vicodin
Valium
temazepam and doxylamine (sedatives)
Xanax

What doctor, or doctors, prescribed this lethal-in-low-doses cocktail?

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