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The drugs found in Tom Petty’s system were a series of controlled substances: fentanyl and oxycodone, two painkillers; alprazolam and temazepam, two benzodiazepines that are used to treat anxiety and insomnia; and citalopram, an antidepressant drug.
The drugs found in Tom Petty’s system were a series of controlled substances: fentanyl and oxycodone, two painkillers; alprazolam and temazepam, two benzodiazepines that are used to treat anxiety and insomnia; and citalopram, an antidepressant drug.
No one commits suicide by taking a five-drug combination. One or two? Sure. Five? No.
Was the drug toxicity fatal? Yes. But it's not logical to think that someone intentionally kills themself with five different drugs, and there's no evidence to support the assertion.
Tom Petty was a junkie for most of his life. I'm sure he was familiar with substances, and knew very well what drugs not to mix. If someone takes fentanyl and oxycodone a lethal dose, it's planned suicide. Tom Petty killed himself on purpose.
I remember that he died on the same day as that mass shooting in Las Vegas which overshadowed his death. Apparently he was advised by his doctor to rest because his hip had fractured but damn the torpedoes he continued on his concert tour self medicating to deal with the pain. However, I don't see any evidence that his death was anything other than accidental.
No one commits suicide by taking a five-drug combination. One or two? Sure. Five? No.
Was the drug toxicity fatal? Yes. But it's not logical to think that someone intentionally kills themself with five different drugs, and there's no evidence to support the assertion.
I tend to agree with this. He did suffer from anxiety and depression but emphysema, bad knee and fractured hip, along with a frail body and several painkillers created a perfect storm.
My take at the time, and now, is that he was taking a lot of pain meds for a long, long time. Those things stop working so you have to take more and more. Those gigs he did just prior to his death likely vastly contributed to and exacerbated all of his pain. I say this as a lung patient with two hip replacements - and mine weren't from fractures. This dude was in a lot of pain in a weakened body ravaged by long term drug use - illegal and legal. Unfortunately things caught up with him.
Actually, I can relate with Tom Petty. A few years ago I broke my left shoulder and the doctor prescribed tramadol and that didn't help. Then she prescribed codeine and that didn't help either because I have a quite high tolerance for opiates. Finally she agreed to prescribe oxycodone and that took away the pain combined with 6mg of Ativan.
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Tom Petty's Daughter Insists Her Father Wasn't a Drug Addict Despite Accidental Overdose
Following news that Tom Petty died of an accidental drug overdose, his daughter Annakim shared a social media message insisting her father hadn't been a drug addict.
“Thomas Earl Petty lived a million lifetimes in one. He over came much psychic pain from an abusive childhood by transforming his anger into the greatest rock n roll band ever. My dad in the past openly overcame a crippling drug problem with no shame,” daughter Annakim, 35, shared on Instagram Friday, shortly after news of her father’s autopsy was made public.
“His recent death is tragic yet he died from doing what he loved and what will continue to keep his spirit alive. Touring with a broken hip because he would have it no other way. He loved performing. There are no hypothetical questions I love my dad and feel he is an immortal badass,” she wrote.
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