What really killed Anna Nicole... DRUGS..

[TroubleTonya]

Well DUH... See article below from associated press...

DANIA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith died of an accidental overdose of a sleeping medication and at least eight other prescription drugs, and she had recently had a bacterial infection from injecting drugs into her buttocks, authorities said Monday.

Broward County Medical Examiner Joshua Perper said Smith died of "combined drug intoxication" with the sleeping medication chloral hydrate as the major factor.

She had been taking a lengthy list of medications, including methadone for pain and valium, but those drugs were at therapeutic levels, he said. A bacterial infection from injecting medication in her buttocks and the flu contributed to her death, according to the report.

Chloral hydrate is a sedative used to treat insomnia and alcohol withdrawal, relieve anxiety and ease post-surgery pain.

The drug is rarely prescribed and is known to be fatal if combined with certain other drugs - including the sedative Lorazepam, which the autopsy showed she was taking, said Dr. Chip Walls, a forensic toxicologist for the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami.

"It's very toxic if you mix it with any other central nervous system depressant drugs," Walls said. "You could get profound sedation leading up to coma and respiratory arrest."

Perper said Smith also had been on several antidepressant and antianxiety drugs and had recently taken longevity medications, vitamin B12 and growth hormone. An assistant medical examiner's report described seeing a table in Smith's hotel room containing cold medicine, soda cans, SlimFast, nicotine gum and an open box of Tamiflu tablets.

"We found nothing to indicate any foul play," said Chief Charlie Tiger of the Seminole police department.

Smith, 39, was found unresponsive Feb. 8 in her room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood on one of the tribe's reservations.

According to the medical examiner's report, a private nurse had asked a guard to call 911 around 1 p.m. and had started CPR. The Seminole EMS were called about 1:40 p.m. and arrived six minutes later, according to the report. The ambulance reached the hospital at 2:43 p.m., and Smith was pronounced dead shortly afterward. The reasons for the delays weren't clear.

Tiger said authorities examined laptop computers belonging to Smith and her lawyer-turned-companion, Howard K. Stern, and found nothing unusual related to her death. Tiger also said nothing came up during an exhaustive review of tapes from hotel security cameras and from interviews with numerous witnesses.

Smith felt ill shortly after arriving in Fort Lauderdale from the Bahamas on Feb. 5, and she eventually developed a fever of 105 degrees but refused to go to a hospital, Perper said. He said Smith had a blood infection that could have been caused by a contaminated needle, but it was brought under control by antibiotics and an ice bath.

"Her temperature never went again above 100 and, except for an episode of vomiting, she felt relatively well expect for feeling very weak," he said.

"Miss Smith had a long history of prescription drug use and over-self medicating. She may have drank a little too much chloral hydrate to alleviate symptoms which were secondary to infection," the medical examiner's report said. The report, while ruling Smith's death accidental, notes that her idol, Marilyn Monroe, died of chloral hydrate and barbiturates.

The weeks after Smith's death were filled with public courtroom drama and private whispers about what might have killed her. She had been distraught over her son's death in the months before she died and under stress from a longrunning court fight over her late husband's fortune.

The report listed several reasons Smith's death was believed to be accidental. It said that suicide victims typically take far more of a lethal drug than the chloral hydrate found in Smith's body, and that Smith had "a long history of prescription drug use and over-self medicating." It also cited her religious upbringing and the recent birth of her baby girl.

Smith arrived at the Hard Rock on Feb. 5 and planned to leave four days later aboard a new yacht that Stern, her companion, was arranging to buy.

She was seldom seen outside her room during her stay and was said to be suffering from a stomach flu before she died.

Because her death was so sudden, and because her 20-year-old son Daniel died under suspicious circumstances five months earlier, there had been speculation about possible criminal activity surrounding the deaths.

An inquest into Daniel's death is scheduled to start Tuesday in the Bahamas, where he died. Smith's death was investigated by Seminole police because the casino is on tribal land.

Cyril Wecht, a forensic pathologist who did a privately ordered autopsy on Smith's son, said Monday's report on Smith's death "shows the danger of people taking multiple drugs about which they know little or nothing about."

The pathologist is expected to testify at the inquest into Daniel's death and said he saw no significant similarities between the two cases.

"The drugs are all different. The circumstances are different," he said.

Smith grew up in Texas and went from topless dancer to Playboy Playmate of the Year, Guess jeans model and bride of 89-year-old oilman J. Howard Marshall II. She took her fight for Marshall's estimated $500 million fortune as far as the Supreme Court, and the ongoing battle could make her infant daughter, Dannielynn, very wealthy. Stern and two other men have claimed to be the baby's father.

[aless]

Sad... drugs are a fucking HUGE problem, I'd say they're comparable with global warming at some point.

[tony286]

its really is a shame

[Nikki_Licks]

I think Howard Stern had his hands in the death of her son and Anna..

[TroubleTonya]

Originally Posted by Nikki_Licks

I think Howard Stern had his hands in the death of her son and Anna..

I agree only because he is the common factor between both deaths.

[Nikki_Licks]

Originally Posted by TopBucksTonya

I agree only because he is the common factor between both deaths.

Plus he keeps staying real close to the money pot, so to speak. he wont give DNA test to prove he is the father. He should be made to take the test and when he is proven not to be the father, he should be stripped of this child and the child go to the parent.

That would sure fuck is money grubbing ass up. I personally dont like this guy. I dont know what it is, but there is something wrong with him

[Tempest]

Originally Posted by Nikki_Licks

I think Howard Stern had his hands in the death of her son and Anna..

Yep.....

[Sarah_Jayne]

the shock heard around the world...

[sicone]

Originally Posted by Nikki_Licks

I think Howard Stern had his hands in the death of her son and Anna..

they both died of the same drug combos within a month or so of each other... how does this not raise suspicion?

[SxDx]

a shocker for sure

[OG LennyT]

Originally Posted by Nikki_Licks

I think Howard Stern had his hands in the death of her son and Anna..

right on the money

[zibril]

True......

[MissMina]

Originally Posted by Nikki_Licks

I think Howard Stern had his hands in the death of her son and Anna..

I agree with that...

[Peaches]

"Surprise, surprise, surprise!" - Gomer Pyle

As much of a jerk Howard K Stern is, he's also smart enough to cover his tracks. I think he poured a lot of that crap into her too and the video of her in the clown makeup when she was pregnant should have put him in jail for attempted murder on the baby. But he won't ever be convicted of anything. I just hope he doesn't get his greedy hands on the little girl.

[nikki99]

R.I.P. Anna Nicole

[tASSy]

it's all so sad, really, no matter how you look at it.

[VeriSexy]

who woulda thunk it

[AsianDivaGirlsWebDude]

The supposedly carrying husband, Howard Stern, who claims to be the father of Anna Nicole's child, had to be aware of most (if not all) of the drugs that Anna Nicole was taking, and was also aware of her drinking binges, but he somehow felt helpless to intervene.

How can anyone ignore Stern's apparent callous indifference/negligence regarding Anna Nicole's drug problem. If he cared about her condition, he should have intervened, and at the very least ensured that she stayed away from alcohol while taking a host of drugs, including Methadone, the drug that contributed to her own son's death.

From what I understand, he all but facilitated her "accidental" overdose.

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[bizarrejan]

sad all round, especially for the baby ..........