Anna Nicole's 11 Drugs Came From 1 Doctor

[catlover79]

All 11 Prescription Drugs Found In Smith's Hotel Room

POSTED: 3:04 pm EDT April 4, 2007
UPDATED: 3:08 pm EDT April 4, 2007

MIAMI -- One doctor authorized all 11 prescription medications found in Anna Nicole Smith's hotel room the day the Playboy Playmate died of a drug overdose, according to documents released by the medical examiner's office Wednesday.

More than 600 pills - including about 450 muscle relaxants - were missing from prescriptions that were no more than five weeks old, according to information obtained by The Associated Press through a public records request.

It was unclear if Smith took all of them.

Dr. Khristine Eroshevich, a psychiatrist and friend of the starlet's, authorized all the prescription medications in the Hollywood, Fla., hotel room where Smith was found unresponsive shortly before her death Feb. 8, the medical examiner's office said. Eroshevich had traveled with Smith to Florida.

Calls to Eroshevich in Los Angeles were not immediately returned Wednesday. Candace Cohen, a spokeswoman for the California Medical Board, would not comment on any probe into Eroshevich; she said investigations of doctors are not public record.

Dr. Joshua Perper, Broward County's medical examiner, said two other doctors also prescribed Smith drugs, but those medications were not found in her hotel room.

The type of drugs found in Smith's system were disclosed with the release of her autopsy report last week, but the remarkable quantity of drugs she had was unclear until Wednesday's release of additional records.

The powerful sleeping aid chloral hydrate, the medication blamed with tipping the balance in the toxic mix of drugs and causing her death, was prescribed Jan. 2. About two-thirds of the bottle was gone, according to the medical examiner's records. The records also show 62 tablets of the anti-anxiety drug Valium were missing from a prescription less than two weeks old at the time of Smith's death.

A probe by the Seminole Police Department agreed with Perper's assessment that Smith's death at 39 was an accidental overdose and that there was no foul play.

Most of the drugs were prescribed in the name of Howard K. Stern, her lawyer-turned-companion, and none were prescribed in Smith's own name, according to documents. Perper has said all the drugs were meant for Smith.

Information released by Perper's office shows eight of the prescriptions were issued under Stern's name; one under Eroshevich's name; and two were under the name of Alex Katz. It was unclear if Katz was an alias or the name of someone connected to Smith.

The records show Smith had three prescriptions for muscle relaxants in her hotel room: two for carisoprodol, prescribed Jan. 2 and Jan. 26, and one for methocarbamol, under the brand name Robaxin, prescribed Jan. 2. Some 415 of the carisoprodol pills were missing from their containers as well as 33 of the Robaxin pills, according to the documents.

Also missing were 79 tablets of the anti-seizure medications Topomax and Klonopin; and at least two dozen diuretics, antibiotics, antivirals and potassium supplements.

The newly disclosed documents did not mention the strong painkiller methadone or the anti-anxiety pill Ativan, both of which were found in Smith's system. Also missing from the report was disclosure on who prescribed human growth hormone, the muscle-building, weight-reducing agent Smith was said to have been taking around the time of her death.

Two attorneys for Stern did not immediately return calls seeking comment.

Smith had a stomach flu and a temperature that rose as high as 105 degrees in the days before her death, and she had an infection on her buttocks from repeated injections. Both the flu and the infection were considered contributing causes of her death, according to the autopsy report.

Smith, a Texas high school dropout who became a topless dancer, married 89-year-old oilman J. Howard Marshall II. After his death, she took her fight for Marshall's estimated $500 million fortune as far as the Supreme Court. That ongoing battle could make her infant daughter, Dannielynn, very wealthy. Stern and two other men have claimed to be the baby's father.

[Mr. Stefani]

I hope that doctor looses his license. Her death is mostly her fault, but generally when something is prescribed from 1 doctor you'd assume its OK to take together, unless otherwise told.

[Hollow]

Originally Posted by Mr. Stefani

I hope that doctor looses his license. Her death is mostly her fault, but generally when something is prescribed from 1 doctor you'd assume its OK to take together, unless otherwise told.

exactly.

[catlover79]

Not only lose his license, but do you think he should face criminal charges as well? Was it really necessary to prescribe *11* different medications?? The mind reels...

[Janice]

That's enough medication to kill an horse. I'd say that doctor is in trouble. It does appear that Anna was taking too many, if she was the only person taking them. A lot of medications were missing. Sad to say, but Anna most definitely was a drug addict.

[Kay Scarpetta]

Yeah okay, I was just reading this in this week's People a few minutes ago... it said among the other medications listed, she was on Klonopin, Valium and Ativan. They are all anti-anxiety medications (as well as Klonopin and Valium being anti-seizure). Not to mention, ALL THREE of those prescriptions are benzodiazepines! Taking one benzo is bad enough, but three? They are all in the same drug family! That doctor had absolutely no business whatsoever prescribing all three of those to her.

There's no doubt in my mind at all that she was a drug addict. Many addicts, no matter what drugs they use, use benzos to come off other drug highs. I was put on Klonopin for anxiety and within weeks was using it for non-medical purposes. It's such a shame, honestly.

[Janice]

http://apnews.excite.com/article/200...D8OANIT00.html

Board Says Smith Doc Under Investigation

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Medical Board of California acknowledged Thursday that it is investigating a Los Angeles doctor who, according to documents, authorized all 11 prescription medications found in Anna Nicole Smith's hotel room the day the starlet died of a drug overdose.

Dr. Khristine Eroshevich, a Los Angeles psychiatrist and friend of the former Playboy Playmate, is under investigation, board spokeswoman Candis Cohen said.

Cohen declined to provide other details.

On Wednesday, Cohen would not comment on a possible investigation, saying such information was not public record.

Repeated calls to Eroshevich Wednesday and Thursday were not returned.

According to documents from the medical examiner's office in Florida, Eroshevich authorized all the prescription medications in the Florida hotel room where Smith was found unresponsive shortly before her death on Feb. 8.

Eroshevich had traveled with Smith to Florida.

More than 600 pills, including 450 muscle relaxants, were missing from prescriptions that were no more than five weeks old, according to the documents, which were obtained by The Associated Press through a public records request.

[catlover79]

Anna Nicole's doctor faces state investigation By Dan Whitcomb
Thu Apr 5, 7:09 PM ET

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The psychiatrist who prescribed all 11 of the drugs found in Anna Nicole Smith's hotel room after the tabloid star died is under investigation by the Medical Board of California, a spokeswoman for the state agency said on Thursday.

Dr. Khristine Eroshevich, who prescribed more than 1,800 pills and a bottle of the powerful sedative chloral hydrate for Smith in the five weeks before she died of a drug overdose, could lose her medical license if the board finds misconduct on her part.

Most of the drugs were prescribed to Smith's companion, Howard K. Stern, but medical examiners have said that they were intended for the 39-year-old Playboy Playmate turned billionaire's widow.

"I can only tell you that she (Eroshevich) is being investigated in connection with the Anna Nicole Smith matter," board spokeswoman Candis Cohen said.

Eroshevich, a Los Angeles-based psychiatrist, did not return a phone call from Reuters seeking comment.

Smith was found unresponsive in her Hollywood, Florida, hotel room on February 8 and pronounced dead within hours at a nearby hospital. Nine drugs were found in her system, including toxic levels of chloral hydrate.

The Broward County Medical Examiner's office on Thursday released a list of medications found in the room and prescribed by Eroshevich between Jan 2 and March 6. They include chloral hydrate, anti-anxiety drugs, muscle relaxants, anti-seizure drugs, diuretics and antibiotics.

Eight prescriptions, including the chloral hydrate, were prescribed to Stern. Two drugs, antibiotic Cipro and flu medicine Tamiflu, were prescribed by Eroshevich to someone named Alex Katz, who was not identified by the medical examiner's office.

One of the drugs found in the room, potassium chloride, was prescribed by Eroshevich to herself.

More than 600 pills were missing from the various bottles, though it wasn't clear if Smith took them all. The chloral hydrate was a liquid and about a third of the bottle's contents remained.

Cohen said the California medical board, which is responsible for licensing the state's physicians, assigns peace officers to investigate any accusation of misconduct by a doctor. The officers can file a formal charge of wrongdoing against the doctor with an administrative law judge, who would make a recommendation to the medical board.

Short of revoking a doctor's license, the board could also impose a lesser penalty, including suspension or probation.

"These investigations are not (typically) public record," Cohen said. "We are making an exception in this case because we want to assure the public that we are doing our job."

The medical board has previously said that it was investigating another physician in connection with Smith, Dr. Sandeep Kapoor.



All this time I thought it was a medical doctor who prescribed all these drugs and not a psychiatrist. Wow...

[Ireneparalegal]

Psychiatrists are licensed to issue meds. They go to school just like other medical doctors. PSYCHOLOGISTS are not licensed to issue prescriptions for meds.


There is mentioned in one of the news posts above that Anna had some sort of medicine in her system to help her lose weight. I guess we now know that TRIM-SPA WAS NOT HOW SHE LOST HER WEIGHT. I guess that will play a part in that class action lawsuit that is going on regarding Trim-Spa.

[Mr. Cranky]

Nothing will happen just like nothing will happen to Elvis Presley's doctor. When are the DNA baby results being revealed?

[Ireneparalegal]

Originally Posted by Mr. Cranky

Nothing will happen just like nothing will happen to Elvis Presley's doctor. When are the DNA baby results being revealed?

Supposedly this coming week. Not sure which day though.