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Actor Matthew Perry’s death brought the whole world to a standstill due to its unexpected nature. TheFRIENDSstar was found dead in his bathtub on October 28 and the cause for his death was recently determined to be the effects of the drug ketamine. The actor was undergoing ketamine therapy to treat his depression.
Perry had a history of drug and alcohol abuse and had undergone rehabilitation to recover from his disorder. The actor was also reportedly undergoing ketamine infusion therapy as a treatment for his depression. The actor revealed in his memoir, which was released last year in 2022, that he had a strange experience while taking ketamine for his recovery.
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Matthew Perry’s Cause Of Death
The world woke up to the horrible news ofMatthew Perry’sdeath earlier this year. The actor made audiences from around the globe smile with his role as the sarcastic and awkward Chandler Bing on the beloved ‘90s sitcomFRIENDS. The show established him as one of the leading TV stars at the time.
Perry had a long history of drug and alcohol addiction, the latter of which he claimed to have started developing at the age of sixteen. He reportedly began using prescription drugs and got addicted to Vicodin after a skiing incident during the late ‘90s. He has often claimed that he does not remember at least three seasons of his most popular show.
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After a long battle with addiction and on his road to recovery, Matthew Perry was found dead in the bathtub of his LA home on the evening of October 28. While the cause of death was not determined then, it was recently revealed by the doctors who performed his autopsy that he passed away due to the effects of the drug ketamine.
The actor was reportedly undergoing ketamine infusion therapy to treat his depression. The autopsy report concluded that other factors caused the death of the17 Againstar such as coronary artery disease, drowning, and the effects of buprenorphine. The actor had undergone many treatments to help with his addiction disorder.
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Matthew Perry Wrote About His Strange Experience With Ketamine
Though the effects of ketamine were reported as one of the cases of Matthew Perry’s death, the medical examiner also mentioned that the actor had received his last dosage a week ago and that the drug stayed only in the system for a few hours. Nevertheless, Perry had mentioned in his memoir that he did not like ketamine and that he often felt strange.
In his memoirFriends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, Matthew Perry wrote that he was undergoing ketamine infusion therapy to ease his pain and depression. He also said that he often felt like he was dying when he was undergoing the treatment and that he would usually be phased out during the procedure. He wrote,
He also mentioned that his sessions, which were in a clinic in Switzerland would be in a room where he would be made to listen to music and then would be blindfolded while he was being injected with the drug through an IV. He also revealed that he had a near-death experience in the same clinic.
Nishanth A
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Nishanth A is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on TV shows with over 2,000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past two years and a scriptwriter at various corporations before that, working on educational content. With a Communications, English Literature, and Psychology triple major, Nishanth usually covers news and analyses on Star Trek, particularly Strange New Worlds and The Next Generation; Doctor Who, the DCU, and more.A Nolan fan, Nishanth spends his time exploring the filmographies of various directors with an auteurial style or can be found making short movies of his own. He has also contributed as a feature writer for Film Companion, focusing on the South division.
