The city medical examiner's spokeswoman said Heath Ledger died "as the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects" of the different drugs.
Spokeswoman Ellen Borakove said: "What you're looking at here is the cumulative effects of these medications together."
Ledger's father Kim said: "While no medications were taken in excess, we learned today the combination of doctor-prescribed drugs proved lethal for our boy."
Being that my home business is centered around helping people acquire alternative health products, and I have a website devoted to organic foods and avoiding toxic food additives and drugs, I have taken great interest in hearing what exactly it was that killed Heath Ledger.
Thank you, media for clearing Heath Ledger of the implication you started your coverage with - the assumption that he was just another drug abusing celebrity who ODed.
I was really POed at what I first heard about Heath Ledger's death. A few hours after he was found, the DJ on our local radio station said he died from an apparent overdose...making it sound like he was the typical celeb casualty of recreational drug abuse.
Turns out he suffered from, and was being prescribed drugs for, insomnia and depression. He was taking a plethora of FDA-approved prescription and over the counter (OCD) drugs, the combination of which killed him.
What you won't read almost anywhere else is that he was also a Diet Coke drinker, and why that matters. Diet Coke contains aspartame. No medical examiner (yet) would be looking for that FDA approved sweetener that has been established to change brain chemistry, and interact with anti-depressants. The phenylalanine in aspartame depletes serotonin triggering bipolar, suicidal tendencies, panic attacks, paranoia, hallucinations, schizophrenic, mood swings, insomnia, anxiety, etc.
So, Ledger took these prescription drugs in hopes of just getting some rest and feeling better. Unfortunately he (everyone?) was unaware of the toxicity of the combinations of all of these drugs, even when you don't take them all at the same time. And I am willing to bet he had no clue that drinking soda with aspartame was part of his problem. Most people believe it is safe because, well it is FDA approved after all, and the FDA would never approve the use of a toxic chemical in our food supply, right?? Ahem.
You know if he had some herbal remedies at his bedside, the media headlines would be screaming that dangerous non-FDA approved herbs led to his death. Instead it was prescription and OCD drugs, which caused his death, and the media are now playing it as though it was his own fault that taking these legal, FDA approved drugs in combination, killed him. Shame on us if we believe that for one second!
"We have concluded hat the manner of death is accident, resulting from the abuse of prescription medications," said the medical examiner.
Please! Would he have needed to "abuse" these prescription drugs if they had worked? Abuse has taken place, but it was not Heath Ledger that did the abusing. He was the victim because he was led to believe that prescription and OTC drugs would actually help him get better.
Put plainly, drugs suppress symptoms. Drugs do not and cannot, heal. The body heals itself, with, among other things, proper nutrition and avoidance of toxic foreign substances, like FDA approved drugs.
His was a tragic death that didn't have to occur. Heath Ledger didn't want to die, he just wanted to feel better. Ledger had a two year old daughter who now has to grow up without her father. This touches close to home for me, since my son just turned two, my daughter is five, so I know what he is missing. (not all roses, of course because my son pooped on the floor just a little while ago, and my daughter refuses to let me brush her snarly hair, lol!) But the good far outweighs the minor annoyances:-)
If you have any medical condition, an all-natural non-drug alternative to doctor prescribed pharmaceuticals is most-likely available. Look for a Naturopathic Doctor, a homeopath, a chiropractor, anyone without an MD after their name and get information on your alternatives.
Because every well-meaning MD out there has been trained to look at symptoms in order to prescribe some expensive, patented drug that relieves the symptom, without any attempt to understand the cause of the disease or discomfort.
Which means the underlying condition is still there, and taking the drug(s) exposes you to all kinds of possible side-effects that are potentially worse than the original symptom that sent you to the MD in the first place.
For Heath Ledger, that "side-effect" was death.
The good news for the rest of us is, there are alternatives to using prescription drugs when are sick or in pain. Most of them are not approved by the FDA. Not because they are dangerous but because no one can make millions of dollars patenting and marketing them.
There are years of science behind natural alternatives to alopathic medicine. And the public is beginning to wake up to the fact that death by doctor is one of leading causes of death in America today.
Health Ledger was obviously suffering physically and emotionally, and in a desperate attempt at relief, took one FDA approved drug too many. Or is it that he was prescribed one drug too many? Who is to blame when a person dies from taking drugs that their doctor has legally prescribed? Should the doctor know all possible interactions and list them for you? Should the patient be expected to know all the possible interactions??
We are taught that doctors are like gods. That they in their white coats and their medical degrees can do no wrong...It is not an easy thing to recover from, since it is ingrained since birth, practically. But the truth is that doctors are simply fallible people who get most of their information about drugs from pharmaceutical company reps...and they aren't biased now are they?
Heart wrenching stories like Heath Ledger’s untimely and tragic death do one thing that is good: They help to save others from the same fate. It wakes people up to the fact that there are other options when they are in pain or sick.
If you are in pain or suffering, seek out non-drug solutions and keep in mind that something being FDA approved is not a guarantee of safety. Far from it.
My deepest sympathies go out to Heath Ledger’s family, to Michelle Williams and his daughter. I cannot begin to imagine how they feel and I wish them peace.
Tracy
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