Matthew Perry’s cause of death was “acute effects of ketamine”

“Friends” star Matthew Perry died of “acute effects of ketamine,” the Los Angeles County medical examiner said in a statement.

Contributing causes included “drowning, ischemic heart disease and exposure to buprenorphine,” which is used to treat opioid use disorders, according to the autopsy report.

However, primarily ego death is explained by the “acute effect of ketamine”. According to reports, the actor received “ketamine infusion therapy for depression and anxiety.” At the same time, the last procedure took place a week and a half before his death – this means that ketamine in his body could not be the result of this procedure.

“With the high level of ketamine found in his blood samples, the main causes of death were both excessive overstimulation of the cardiovascular system and respiratory depression,” according to the report, which is cited by CNN.

Experts also noted that the level of ketamine found in Perry’s blood was equivalent to the amount used during general anesthesia.

• On October 28, the body of Matthew Perry was found in the jacuzzi in the ego house. He died at the age of 54.
• In 2022, Perry released his autobiography “Friends, Lovers and a Big Terrible Thing”. In it, the actor also talked about his many years of addiction to alcohol and painkillers. According to him, during his life Perry visited six thousand meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous, underwent rehabilitation 15 times, detoxification 65 times, and also underwent 14 operations.
• The series “Friends” aired on NBC from 1994 to 2004. It tells about the life of six young residents of New York. The series became one of the most famous films of the 1990s, was shown in many countries of the world and gained many fans.