Brittany Murphy’s Long List of Drugs

The details continue to get uglier in the death of Brittany Murphy. As initially reported, Brittany Murphy, 32, collapsed in her home on December 21st and died shortly later. An autopsy concluded later that Murphy died “from pneumonia, anemia, lack of medical care and drug intoxication.”

Now reports are surfacing that Brittany Murphy received no fewer than 200 pills every month from January of 2008 to August of 2009. The report even stretches to suggest Murphy could have consumed as much as 400 pills at one point or the other.

Murphy used an alias – Lola Manilow Murphy – at Eddie’s Pharmacy in Los Angeles for nearly two years before the pharmacy finally cut her off four months before her death. The records at the pharmacy reveal that Murphy received regular support for hydrocodone (Vicodin), clonazepam and Klonopin (anti-anxiety), as well as Vicoprofen (a Vicodin/ibuprofen combo).

However, the owner of Eddie’s Pharmacy cut Murphy and her family off four months prior to her death because, “We thought there was going to be an accident there.”

Also, between 2003-09, sources tell TMZ.com that Brittany received prescriptions for 32 different drugs at another pharmacy. The drugs included: Inderal and Propranolol (high blood pressure), Sarafem (a type of Prozac), chlordiazepoxide (sedative), promethazine (sedative), and four different drugs for asthma. A number of antibiotics and allergy medications were also on the list.

Who knows the merits needed to warrant such a high collection of drugs, but one can only wonder how this could get so out of control. Sadly, celebrities need to cope with stress, pressure, and the demands of their job through drugs is nothing new and will probably never go away altogether.