Hayden Panettiere’s Sudden Death: Celebrity Rehab Team On Her Opioid Addiction & The Narcan Found In Home – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 656
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The episode discusses Hayden Panettiere's sudden death and her struggles with opioid addiction and mental health.
Hayden Panettiere died suddenly in Greenville, South Carolina at 36. TMZ reports that Narcan, the nasal spray used to reverse an opioid overdose, was found in the apartment. Dr. Drew is joined by his Celebrity Rehab costars – addiction counselor Bob Forrest and certified chemical dependency counselor Shelly Sprague-Foster – to discuss Hayden’s opioid addiction, postpartum depression, and what we know about her tragic and sudden death. Panettiere told People in 2022 that she had been in a cycle of self-destruction, and wrote in her memoir that a doctor warned she would be dead within 5 years if she did not stop drinking. She said she was given pills as a teenager before red carpet appearances, developed an opioid dependency after being prescribed painkillers for an injury, and experienced withdrawal severe enough to send her to a liver specialist. Page Six reports, through a friend, that she had severe back problems in the months before her death. NBC News reports her ex-boyfriend was at the scene when she died. Also on today’s show: Dr. James Thorp, a maternal fetal medicine specialist with more than 40 years in practice who was fired by SSM Health…
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