I guess my point is that something like this can theoretically happen to any of us if you don't pay attention to physician/pharmacist directions. If it says "don't take A in combination with B" then they know that something bad will almost certainly happen and they mean it. Ive seen it happen to people that had no intent and with us all getting older there are likely to be more things in our lives that don't go together.
With Ledger’s history of psychological problems, he likely should not have had access to the valium, ambien or most of the rest of that-valium has been used for suicide many times all by itself, just like nembutal has-it doesn’t appear that he cared if he died, whether it was intentional or not...
I was brought up in a naturalist family-drugs were not on the menu any more than processed food was-if it wasn’t natural and organic it was not consumed-most of us developed an intolerance of drugs that persists to this day-I’m one of them, so I still live drug free-the 2-3 times I’ve taken a prescription med, I ended up in an ER, and once had a near-death experience-I avoid even OTC stuff and have for over 40 years.
Granted, those of us who have extreme and dangerous reactions to drugs are few and far between-but you are right that we all should be very, very aware of what we put into our bodies-drugs are not magic and can be deadly-most people have NO idea that drugs can build up in the body-and that is made worse if you are taking multiple drugs-I was taught not to even overuse herbal remedies, especially the ones that have a strong effect-even something like Echinacea can be toxic if you overuse it over a period of time...