"Opioids fuck with your appetite, plus they make you vomit constantly, he writes. Look again, and yes his fragile wrists emerge from a shirt that looks as if he has borrowed it from someone far larger, his trousers hang off him and it's unbearably sad now, with the knowledge that addiction would kill Perry nearly 30 years later, at the age of 54."
"He was having to take 55 Vicodin pills a day an opioid - just to function and avoid terrible withdrawal symptoms, but he was never high while he was working, he writes in Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, which came out in 2022. He just had to make it to the end of the season so he could get help. Had the series lasted for more than its 25 episodes, he thought it would have killed him."
"There would be more than 65 attempts to detox from drug and alcohol addiction over the next decades until his death in 2023. Last week, a doctor was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for supplying ketamine in the lead-up to Perry's death (though not the ketamine that killed him); three others who have pleaded guilty will be sentenced in the coming months."
During Friends' third season Perry became visibly thin; opioids suppressed his appetite and caused constant vomiting. His fragile wrists and oversized clothes indicated severe weight loss. He took 55 Vicodin pills a day, an opioid, to function and avoid terrible withdrawal symptoms while working without being high. He entered rehab at 26 and attempted detox more than 65 times over subsequent decades. He died in 2023 at age 54. A doctor received a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence for supplying ketamine in the lead-up to his death, and others who pleaded guilty face upcoming sentences. His manager and publicist launched the Matthew Perry Foundation to support addiction treatment, recovery, and stigma reduction.
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