“Secrets Unraveled: Doctors and Dealers Caught in Shocking Overdose Scandal Linked to Matthew Perry”
Multiple arrests have been made in connection with Matthew Perry’s ketamine overdose death
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Autopsy records reveal that the actor, who was 54 at the time, died due to a combination of drowning, coronary artery disease, ketamine, and the presence of buprenorphine, a medication used to treat opioid addiction.
According to the DEA, Ketamine is a hallucinogen with dissociative and anesthetic effects, creating a feeling of detachment from pain. It was initially approved for usage on animals in the 60s, with human usage being accepted in the 70s.
As the documents explain, Perry’s death wasn’t the result of just one particular substance, but a combination of various medications that made him unresponsive, allowing him to drown.
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“We use ketamine frequently in the emergency department as an anesthetic because of its safety profile,” told Angelique Campen, an emergency room doctor at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center to CBS.
“There are now uses of ketamine for depression given in clinics. Typically it doesn’t stop your breathing like opioids and other anesthetics would, but it can be very dangerous when used recreationally.”
Ketamine is distributed in powder form. Users can then dissolve the substance for injections or drink it, as well as leave it as is and snort it or smoke it.
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Campen believes that the dissociative aspects of the drug are particularly attractive to people who have struggled with addiction in the past, as it provides a similar sensation of a “trip” that other drugs cause.
