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At a glance: drugs taken by Anna Nicole Smith

Deseret News (Salt Lake City), Mar 27, 2007

The following drugs were found in Anna Nicole Smith's body during the autopsy:

Brand name (drug) indication

-- Ativan (lorazepam): anti-anxiety medication

-- Cipro (ciprofloxacin): antibiotic

-- Klonopin (clonazepam): anti-seizure medicine also used to treat anxiety

-- Methadone: strong painkiller, often used to suppress withdrawal from heroin

-- Noctec (chloral hydrate): sedative and sleeping medication

-- Robaxin (methocarbamol): muscle relaxant

-- Soma (meprobamate): muscle relaxant

-- Topamax (topiramate): anti-seizure medication also used to treat migraines

-- Tylenol (acetaminophen): pain reliever

-- Valium (diazepam): anti-anxiety medication, also used as a sedative and to treat seizures

In addition, she had also taken these around the time of her death:

-- Benadryl (diphenhydramine): antihistamine

-- Human growth hormone: touted as a muscle-building, weight- reducing agent

-- Nicorette (nicotine polacrilex): used to quit smoking

-- Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate): anti-viral medicine

-- Vitamin B12: helps formation of red blood cells

Source: Broward County medical examiner's office; University of Miami toxicology department

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