More specifically regarding the cause of death, “ Petty had multiple drugs - several of which were opioids - in his system when he died, including oxycodone, fentamyl, temazepam, alprazolam, citalopram, acetyl fentanyl, and despropionyl fentanyl, according to the Los Angeles Times,” reported German Lopez, senior reporter at Vox.
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Out of commitment to fans in his 40th anniversary tour, they said, Petty performed 53 concerts with the fractured hip that worsened during the tour and developed into a full break as he increasingly turned to medications to deal with the escalating pain. Petty “suffered from emphysema, knee problems and a fractured hip,” wrote his family on the singer’s website. Many people who overdose begin with a legitimate injury or simply do not understand the potency and deadly nature of these medications.”Ī medical examiner’s report showed Petty had traces of multiple opioids in his system when he died, a week after concluding a nationwide tour. Petty’s family posted a message on his website: “As a family we recognize this report may spark a further discussion on the opioid crisis and we feel that it is a healthy and necessary discussion and we hope in some way this report can save lives. Less publicized but more tragic because of the larger numbers involved, are the people listed daily in the nation’s obituary columns with their passing frequently and obscurely referred to with the words “died suddenly.” The demise of Petty and Prince are just two of the high profile drug deaths that received extensive media coverage.
However, oxycodone is the only ingredient in the stronger version of the drug: Ox圜ontin. The overdose that precipitated the plane’s landing was six days prior to the overdose that killed the singer at his Paisley Park estate and studio complex.Ī number of prescription pain relievers, including Percocet, Percodan, Tylox, and Ox圜ontin, contain oxycodone. The prescribing physician reportedly disclosed to authorities that he wrote the oxycodone prescription for the bodyguard in order to protect Prince’s privacy.
Tom Petty, 66, after bring found unconscious in his home in Malibu, California, in a state of full cardiac arrest, died last October from a drug overdose caused by the mixing of medications involving opioids.Įighteen months earlier, there was a strikingly similar ending for Prince, 57, found unconscious in the elevator of his home, dead from a mixture of opioids.Īuthorities, reportedly after checking databases set up to monitor who’s receiving prescriptions for controlled substances, found there was a prescription for the opioid painkiller oxycodone written for Prince’s bodyguard on the same day the singer was revived with Narcan from an overdose on his plane, prompting an emergency landing ordered by the same bodyguard onboard.
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