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Pushing the stone up the hill of Failure
Jan. 25th, 2010 11:19 pmAlexa Ray Joel, daughter of Billy Joel, apparently attempted to commit suicide in December.
The plan was, she'd take a bunch of pills. The pills she chose have been severally described as sleeping pills, analgesics, or antihistamines. None of these descriptions really do them justice.
They're something called Traumeel, a homeopathic "remedy". Being truly homeopathic, they're chemically inert. There's not enough of anything in them to overdose on. A toxicologist said, "Nothing would happen because there's nothing in it.... There's no active ingredient. There's nothing in these pills."
Just when you start wondering what else could go wrong.....
The plan was, she'd take a bunch of pills. The pills she chose have been severally described as sleeping pills, analgesics, or antihistamines. None of these descriptions really do them justice.
They're something called Traumeel, a homeopathic "remedy". Being truly homeopathic, they're chemically inert. There's not enough of anything in them to overdose on. A toxicologist said, "Nothing would happen because there's nothing in it.... There's no active ingredient. There's nothing in these pills."
Just when you start wondering what else could go wrong.....
