Sylvester Stallone’s Son Found Dead

11 Comments

1. 1
   sheesh
   Posted July 13, 2012 at 6:38 pm

   That is sad.

2. 2
   2muchbravo
   Posted July 13, 2012 at 7:43 pm

   Very Sad.

3. 3
   michkabibbles
   Posted July 13, 2012 at 8:19 pm

   i wonder how many people are going to have to keep dying from prescription drug overdoses before they start cracking down on the doctors who issue them.

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   melange
   Posted July 13, 2012 at 8:56 pm

   Mich – are you saying that doctors shouldn’t make prescriptions? Doctors can’t really be liable for patients abusing medication, lying about what other meds they are on, or taking more than is recommended.

   If a doctor is prescribing meds with known harmful interactions or stuff that’s meant to be used on a horse, that’s one thing. But we can’t cripple the medical profession, or patients that use these meds legitimately, just because a few people abuse them – sometimes, until they die.

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   michkabibbles
   Posted July 13, 2012 at 9:14 pm

   @melange-no, i’m sure there are many many responsible doctors who do their best to make sure drugs are responsibly prescribed and administered. but i also think that in an atmosphere like that which exists in hollywood, not everyone would be so responsible. i admit my statement was just a gut reaction-it reminded me of the michael jackson situation where his doctor was indicted for involuntary manslaughter. i might have overreacted, but i do think that in a situation where people have a lot of money and a lot of power, that kind of thing might be more common than we want to admit.

   i didn’t mean to offend anyone.

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   maryedith
   Posted July 13, 2012 at 9:29 pm

   I think the doctors do bear a lot of the responsibility. I have never been able to get a doctor to prescribe much more than Rx strengh Tylenol for me. My teenage son’s shrink gave me a big lecture about the addictive properties of an anti-anxiety med I asked about (I didn’t realize it was a benzo or whatever). There’s doctors and there’s Hollywood doctors.

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   maryedith
   Posted July 13, 2012 at 9:33 pm

   Sorry, but I just realized that post made me sound like a pill-seeker or something. There have been times when I’ve wanted something for my flying phobia, and I tried to get ADD medication from my GP because my insurance doesn’t cover mental health and it’s just not true that all doctors give patients whatever they ask for. A responsible doctor would say “No” and offer an alternative treatment.

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   snowshoecat
   Posted July 14, 2012 at 4:27 am

   Knew that a discussion would begin about doctors’ responsibility. MaryE, so glad you made it though your flight(s) in one piece, and wish you could receive something for your anxiety.

   Two sides to the argument. Both correct. It’s just tragic that some people want to get a thrill from the drugs that others need for survival. I know a woman who needs Botox for a chronic, debilitating disease and the proce has soared now that vain age-phobics are terrified by a wrinkle.

   I’m sad for his family.

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   hot cawfee
   Posted July 14, 2012 at 5:42 am

   @3 Michka– word and word

   @7 Mary Edith– I agree–too many doctors are too quick to give drugs rather than offer other forms of treatment. I have this issue with my mother-in-law. She doctor shops for drugs. She needs to do so psych counselling and go to a PT for her many issues but refuses. She also likes to “out sick” people- Another story entirely. (shaking my head)

   @8 Snowy–yes–its getting a little nutty with all the drugs flying around. I take nothing but vitamins and yet when I need some OTC cold meds, I have to go to the pharmacy counter and show my drivers license b4 I can buy it. Mr Cawfee is on insulin and needs hypodermic needles to inject it– I cannot tell you the looks we get at CVS.

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    gretchenbarney
    Posted July 14, 2012 at 4:22 pm

    @Hot Cawfee, we either have the same mother-in-law or they are operating from the same playbook. That woman has a full pharmacy in her home.

    So sad, it can’t be easy to be a Hollywood kid.

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    Mimo
    Posted July 16, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    My mom suffered from chronic back problems. She was in pain most of the time. When the pain became too much for her to handle, she would take one or two of the strong pain pills the doctor had prescribed. An hour would go by and the pain pills would work to the point that she was “high” but not relieve all the pain. She would forget she had taken them, and would take some more, and then take some more. There were several times she overdosed. No one’s fault. Just one of those things that happen.