Matthew Perry had near-death experience taking ketamine before it caused death
Friends star Matthew Perry dies aged 54
Years before his sudden death at the age of 54, Matthew Perry had already died from a medical standpoint when his heart stopped for five minutes.
While the actor has been relatively open about his struggles with addictions over the years, fans only got a glimpse on how severely his health had deteriorated in his book, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing.
The remarkably candid entries saw the Friends star reflecting on his numerous near-death experiences and relapses, with one involving the very same drug that was found to be his true cause of death.
During the pandemic, the actor was at a rehab center in Switzerland where he was having ketamine infusions as well as faking pain to get 1,800 milligrams of Oxycontin a day.
Due to some other complications, the actor had to undergo surgery which involved him being given propofol as an anesthetic.
When Matthew woke up 11 hours later he was in a completely different hospital and recalled being told that the last dose of medicine had pushed his body too far.
His heart had stopped for five minutes and the medical professionals started CPR which left the actor with eight broken ribs.
On Friday, the LA County Medical Examiner’s Office released the final results of the Hollywood star’s autopsy after he was found dead in his jacuzzi at the age of 54 in late October.
The “acute effects of ketamine” were listed as the primary cause of death with drowning, coronary artery disease and buprenorphine effects also noted as contributing factors.
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Another near-death experience Matthew candidly divulges was in 2018 when his colon exploded and left him in a coma for two weeks.
At the time, his family was told he only had a two percent chance of survival and was one of five patients in the hospital to be put on an ECMO machine, which help the heart and lungs to function.
He was the only one of the five to survive and had to live with a colostomy bag for nine months.
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