61. NOT a suicide... if it was, ALL the pill bottles would have been empty.. they weren't. He just wanted to sleep.. ok.. let it go.

Posted at 11:28AM on Feb 6th 2008 by CJS

62. once again, it just goes to show that being a celebrity can buy you any and everything that you want....including getting a physician or physicians to prescribe NUMEROUS narcotics....we've heard so much about the actor's insomnia, but no mention as to why he would be taking hydrocodone and oxycodone....unbelieveable...if i (and no, i'm not famous) had such meds prescribed to me by my dr., i would have already been arrested and thrown in jail...

isn't it time that the physicians start being held accountible for their patients deaths????

Posted at 11:30AM on Feb 6th 2008 by shantel

63. I'll buy the sleeping meds but whats with the Oxy? Hadn't heard he was suffering from some physical pain. Was he injured in some previous accident and taking pain killers?

Posted at 11:31AM on Feb 6th 2008 by Carmelkyd

64. i have insomnia. i bet he kept taking those pills until he felt sleepy. ive done that. when your body is so damn tired but your mind wont stop, you really dont care how many pills you swallow. it was just an accident, suicide is usually more dramatic. i wouldnt judge this guy, who knows what kind of accident i might get into.. oh wait, i'm not a celebrity, nevermind.

Posted at 11:31AM on Feb 6th 2008 by googy

65. Wake Up!!!! How many of you out there suffer from "DEPRESSION"? This is a clear cut and dry case of a Depressed person, can't sleep, walking the Streets at all hours of the nite, Don't Judge were you in his mind. DEPRESSION & Mental Issues ruin your whole life!!!!! I'm 47 and have been a Manic Depressant since Childhood, Watch the Commercial, Depression Hurts, but they need to add kills in there too,
Rest In Peace Health, your Pain is Gone no longer will you be sad!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 11:31AM on Feb 6th 2008 by Lillian

66. I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT THAT JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS , THEY ARE NOT SAFE .
DID YOU SEE THE SUPERBOWL COMMERCIAL WERE THE DRUG DEALER WAS LOSING ALL HIS CUSTOMERS
TO THE DOCTORS.
THE MIXTURE OF DRUGS HE WAS RECEIVING AND OD FROM WAS ASTONISHING .
IF THIS WAS PRESCRIBED BY ONE DOCTOR, THIS IS CRIMINAL BECAUSE HE WAS PRESCRIBING OXYCODONE AND
VICODIN WHICH IS EXACTLY LIKE HEROIN AND ALSO VALIUM AND ANOTHER 5 OR 6 EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DRUGS.
YOU WILL SEE THE DOCTOR BROUGHT UP ON CHARGES !!!!!!!!!
SORRY FOR YOUR SUFFERING HEATH..
REST IN PEACE......

Posted at 11:32AM on Feb 6th 2008 by LUPETTO

67. This is so sad. I know the pain of depression and the panic that sets in when you think you are not going to get to sleep. I really believe that this last Batman movie scared the crap out of this poor boy and he went from dr. to dr. for meds. It happens all the time, he just happened to be famous. And Kelly, dr. do not get kick backs anymore, it is against the law.

Posted at 11:39AM on Feb 6th 2008 by John Lennon

68. Rest In Peace, Heath Ledger. You were amazing, and no one can ever replace you. The world was lucky to have you, but Heaven is the lucky one now. God Bless you, your family and friends. We love you, and We will always love you.

I pray to God for all the negative reports to go away now that we know what happened, and let Heath's family mourn the loss of such a loved father, brother, son, and friend. My prayers are always with Heath and his family.

Posted at 11:39AM on Feb 6th 2008 by Carmen

69. oxycodone is percocet or oxycontin. hydrocodone is vicodin, lorcet, norco or lortabs. diazepam is valium. temazepam is restoril. alprazolam is xanax. Doxylamine is an antihistamine. it's like unisom.
so sad. the docs should be investigated for prescribing all that.

Posted at 11:47AM on Feb 6th 2008 by Toxilicious

70. Prayers for Heath's daughter and family.

Posted at 11:48AM on Feb 6th 2008 by Toxilicious

71. I'm betting that all of those medications were prescribed by MULTIPLE doctors.......you know, like Anna Nicole had???? Maybe some of them weren't even in his name!

Posted at 11:49AM on Feb 6th 2008 by DJ

72. Guess he will get to sleep now.
He might have been going to a lot of different Doctors and they were not aware of him taking so many sleeping medications.
You have to be stupid not to know what might happen if you take all those sleeping medications at one time.
The Doctors may be to blame, but the person taking it has to take blame also.

Posted at 11:51AM on Feb 6th 2008 by LaShawna

73. John Lennon - Thanks for the heads up. I had no idea that kickbacks are now illegal. That said, are they pharmeceutical reps still allowed to buy whole doctor's offices lunch or breakfast everyday as an alternate to a "kickback"?

Posted at 11:52AM on Feb 6th 2008 by Kelly

74. Damn it! Another hollywood star dies from DRUGS! What a waste of life. He was such a talented actor. RIP Heath. He truly was a cut above the rest.

Posted at 11:59AM on Feb 6th 2008 by Denise76

75. You can't blame the doctors on this. They didn't shove them down his throat. AND he probably had a doctor in London, a doctor in New York, a doctor in L.A. and a doctor in Australia (when he visited in January). People who want drugs know how to get them.

Posted at 12:03PM on Feb 6th 2008 by Cake