What is ketamine, the drug that killed Matthew Perry on October 28?
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Matthew Perry's cause of death on October 28 was revealed to be "acute effects of ketamine." Here is what ketamine is and what to know about it.
"The underlying coronary artery disease made the effects of ketamine on the heart more pronounced," Dr. Marc Siegel, clinical professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center and a Fox News medical contributor, told Fox News Digital. "Common causes of overdose death include excess sedation, respiratory failure, low blood pressure, cardiac arrhythmia, coma and seizures." Melissa Rudy is health editor and a member of the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital.
The autopsy report confirmed that Perry had received "ketamine infusion therapy" 1½ weeks prior to his death, reportedly as treatment for depression and anxiety.
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