Matthew Perry’s death under investigation in connection with ketamine level found in actor’s blood

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LOS ANGELES—Authorities have opened an investigation into how Matthew Perry received the supply of ketamine that killed him, police said on Tuesday.

Los Angeles police are working with the US Drug Enforcement Administration and the US Postal Inspection Service with a probe into why the 54-year-oldAn assistant found the 54-year-old Perry face down in his hot tub on October 28, and paramedics who were called immediately declared him dead. His autopsy, released in December, found that the amount of ketamine in his blood was in the range used for general anesthesia during surgery.

People close to the actor told coroner’s investigators that he was undergoing ketamine infusion therapy. The decades-old surgical drug has seen a huge surge in use in recent years as a treatment for depression, anxiety and pain. At least two doctors were treating Perry, a psychiatrist and an anesthesiologist who served as his primary care physician, the medical examiner’s report said. No illicit drugs or paraphernalia were found at his house.

 

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