Whitney Houston’s death raises issues of mixing meds with alcohol

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By Howard Cohen

hcohen@MiamiHerald.com

.The eulogies for pop superstar Whitney Houston have been delivered and she was laid to rest Sunday near her late father. The round-the-clock coverage of the 48-year-old singer following her Feb. 11 death will subside.
But Houston’s passing has already sparked widespread discussion on the dangers of mixing prescription pills, especially mixing medications with alcohol. Bottles of prescription pills were found inside Houston’s hotel room and are said to have included the anti-anxiety medication Xanax, the antibiotic amoxicillin for an upper respiratory infection, and the pain medication Ibuprofen. She was drinking champagne in the days leading up to her death, including at a pre-Grammy party in which she was photographed looking disheveled...Continue reading..

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.Houston killed by combination of alcohol and drugs, insider says.

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

(Newser) – Whitney Houston was killed by a combination of Valium, Xanax, and alcohol, an insider tells Radar. All three were found in her system, but the coroner is still waiting for toxicology results before the "major contributing factor of her demise" can be determined, the source says, adding that drowning is almost certainly not to blame: "Her heart stopped beating because her respiratory system was suppressed because of the anti-anxiety meds, and combined with the booze it probably happened very quickly before she was found partially submerged in the bathtub." (In other Whitney news, sources say Bobby Brown is shopping a tell-all about their life together.)...Read here...