Downers- Zoloft for depression. OK. So she’s depressed. But she was having a good time in Cannes and didn’t look depressed there. Then she mixes that with Trazodone which has strong sedative properties. Trazadone is for people who are beyond Ambien as a sleep aid. Add that to Dilaudid. hello, that ‘s a narcotic for people after traumatic injuries. Highly addictive form the getgo. I have never heard of dilaudid being prescribed as a first line drug for dental pain (I want to meet this dentist who caves into people with drug seeking behavior). It’s like taking heroine for a headache. Mix the dilaudid with alcohol and you get an instant high within 20 minutes. Real stoned, really fast.  Now all these downers make her a very, very sleepy individual. Remember she has to stay up for the party. So now comes the….

Upper- Adderall. Yes, a mixture of amphetamine and dextroamphetamine. Keeps her skinny too. She can keep boozing without feeling the effects of the alcohol. You can build up poisonous levels of alcohol in your system and never feel it!  Lindsay, you should have been a pharmacist. No wonder she put the paper between her skin and the SCRAM bracelet.

I can’t imagine how she is going to age? What is this girl going to look like when she is 40?

If this isn’t Body Dysmorphic Disorder, then I don’t know what is?

 Problem is , the plastic surgeon already has her credit card number so he won’t say no.

Now, could this be what was done to poor Caylee Anthony?  Caylee is the Florida girl who went “missing” about 2 months before her third birthday during the summer of 2008.  The case made national news because her mother, Casey Anthony, failed to report the girl missing for an entire month.  Well, the body of Caylee was found about six months later by a meter reader who stumbled upon it near the Anthony house.  Casey maintains her innocence despite her confusing stories and the evidence that is being stacked against her.

Most recently, the investigation has turned up traces of chloroform in the trunk of Casey’s car, where a bloody imprint of a child was found.  Casey’s computer is full of internet searches for chloroform recipes, death, and neck breaking.  The body of the child was found to have duct tape over the mouth.  Did Casey force her daughter to inhale chloroform to anesthetize her and kill her?  I guess we’ll have to stay tuned to find out.  Unfortunately, the chemical remains of Caylee’s body were already decomposed, so no toxicologic analysis could be performed.

Chloroform is an old anesthetic, no longer in clinical use for humans.  It is a liquid that vaporizes to a gas at room temperature, so it is easily inhaled.  It is highly lipid soluble, which means that it’s clinical effect is very fast.  Patients/animals can be anesthetized very quickly.  It is slightly sweet smelling as well.  I’m not sure how one would make it, not having done the internet search myself, but it would be easy to get.  When I was an undergraduate student I used chloroform on a daily basis to extract lipids from various tissues for a research project.  I went to the laboratory supply store and purchased it very easily.  Could Casey have had access to a lab?  She doesn’t give the impression of being capable of performing chemical reactions in her home.

From The New York Times:

For the first time since the terrible event on September 11, 2001, rescue workers in NYC can breathe a little easier today. A U.S. District Court has settled an insurance case for workers who have suffered health problems since having been exposed to hazardous environmental agents during the rescue and clean up efforts at the World Trade Center site. The settlement is reported to provide up to $657.5 million for the approximately 10 thousand workers who have claimed health damage from the rescue effort. The money awarded to individual claimants will vary depending on the severity of their illness and any medical conditions or risk factors they were known to have prior to the exposure.

Most of the complaints these people are taking to their doctors are of respiratory nature, with the common diagnosis being asthma and other respiratory illnesses. Some are also developing cancers. An example from the New York Times article: a man who developed esophageal cancer after 9/11 who has since died. Esophageal cancer is known to occur in smokers and patients who have a history of gastroesophageal reflux disease. It is also been linked to asbestos and other environmental exposures. So his award would have to consider his past medical history and personal habits in addition to the role his job at Ground Zero played in developing cancer. If he were a big smoker, drinker, or had bad reflux, his award might be less than if he were completely healthy.

Naturally, some people are happy with the settlement and others are not. One fire fighter says that it took too long; people have had to suffer too long without financial assistance. The lawyers think this is a great settlement. I have to agree. It would be really hard to prove that an environmental exposure caused some one’s esophageal or thyroid cancer. These cancers were bound to happen to a certain percentage of the workers anyway – regardless of the hazards of their jobs. They could have been sitting in a cubicle in front of a computer all day and still have developed cancer at some point in their lives.  And who’s to say that this particular job was any more health-risky than any other job a fire fighter might respond to?  Aren’t they exposed to burning buildings every day?  They better take the money and run.