One Doctor Prescribed 11 Drugs Found in Playmate Smith’s Room
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MIAMI — One doctor authorized all 11 prescription medications found in Anna Nicole Smith’s hotel room the day the Playboy Playmate died of a drug overdose, according to documents released by the medical examiner’s office yesterday.
More than 600 pills — including about 450 muscle relaxants — were missing from prescriptions that were no more than five weeks old, according to information obtained by the Associated Press through a public records request. It was unclear if Smith took all of them.
Dr. Khristine Eroshevich, a psychiatrist and friend of the starlet’s, authorized all the prescription medications in the Hollywood, Fla., hotel room where Smith was found shortly before her death February 8, the medical examiner’s office said. Dr. Eroshevich had traveled with Smith to Florida.
Candace Cohen, a spokeswoman for the California Medical Board, would not comment on any probe into Dr. Eroshevich; she said investigations of doctors are not public record.
