Matthew Perry died from effects of drug ketamine, coroner says

Matthew Perry died from the acute results of the anesthetic ketamine, in line with the outcomes of an post-mortem on the 54-year-old “Friends” actor launched Friday.

The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner stated within the post-mortem report that Perry additionally drowned in “the heated end of the pool,” however that it was a secondary consider his Oct. 28 demise, deemed an accident.

The report says coronary artery illness and buprenorphine, which is used to deal with opioid use dysfunction, additionally contributed.

Perry was declared useless after being discovered unresponsive at his house within the Pacific Palisades space of Los Angeles. Investigators carried out an post-mortem the next day.

The actor had taken medicine previously however had been “reportedly clean for 19 months,” in line with the report. The coroner stated he was reported to have been having ketamine infusion remedy to cope with melancholy and nervousness, and his final therapy was 1 1/2 weeks earlier than his demise.

Ketamine is an anesthetic that has turn out to be common as an different remedy for psychological well being and different hard-to-treat issues. It can also be used recreationally.

Perry had performed pickleball earlier within the day, the report says, and his assistant, who lives with him, discovered him face down within the pool after getting back from errands.

The assistant advised investigators Perry had not been sick, had not made any well being complaints, and had not proven proof of current alcohol or drug use.

Perry was open about discussing his struggles with habit relationship again to his time on “Friends” within the Nineteen Nineties.

“I loved everything about the show, but I was struggling with my addictions, which only added to my sense of shame,” he wrote in his 2022 memoir. “I had a secret and no one could know.”