Suicide Antidepressants 20/07/2007 Colorado Two Woman in Unrelated Incidents Commit Suicide
 
 Summary:<br><br><div>First paragraph reads:&nbsp; &quot;<strong>In two unrelated cases, two Durango women have died by suicide after overdosing on multiple prescription drugs, La Plata County Coroner Dr. Carol Huser has ruled.&quot; <br /><br />Paragraph 4 reads:&nbsp; &quot;Huser said the investigation showed that both women purposely <u>overdosed on drugs prescribed for depression </u>and other symptoms.&quot;<br /><br /></strong><a href="http://durangoherald.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&amp;article_path=/news/07/news070720_8.htm">http://durangoherald.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&amp;article_path=/news/07/news070720_8.htm</a> <br /><br />Durango women die by suicide<br /><br />July 20, 2007<br />By Shane Benjamin | Herald Staff Writer <br /><br />In two unrelated cases, two Durango women have died by suicide after overdosing on multiple prescription drugs, La Plata County Coroner Dr. Carol Huser has ruled. <br /><br />Trena Sue Floyd Herrick, 43, died at her home June 16. <br /><br />Sheila Philips, 61, died at her home June 17. <br /><br />Huser said the investigation showed that both women purposely overdosed on drugs prescribed for depression and other symptoms. <br /><br />Toxicology reports reveal that Herrick had one drug in her system that was at a toxic level. Philips had a pain killer and an antidepressant drug that were at toxic levels. Both women had multiple antidepressant types of drugs in their systems. <br /><br />Huser said combining multiple prescription drugs can result in dangerous consequences, including death. It does not take an outrageous dosage of any one drug to cause problems, she said. <br /><br />&quot;The presence of multiple antidepressant drugs, even when individually not in a toxic or lethal range, can combine in an additive to cause death,&quot; Huser said. <br /><br />Huser said she looks at the history of individuals and the circumstances of a death, as well as police reports and medical records, in determining whether drug overdoses resulted in suicide. <br /><br />Also, the type of drugs in a person&#39;s system can provide clues as to whether an overdose was accidental or intentional. Pain killers and sedatives have a tendency to be abused recreationally because they make users feel a high, Huser said. Antidepressants generally aren&#39;t abused because they don&#39;t provide a high. <br /><br /><em><a href="http://durangoherald.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&amp;article_path=/news/07//asp-bin/contact_form.asp?by=&amp;email_id=shane!durangoherald.com">Click here to send an email to the author</a></em> <br /></div> 
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