The medical examiner’s report also noted that while Perry had taken ketamine infusion therapy to treat depression and anxiety over a week before he died, the trace amounts of the medication detected in his stomach “could not be from that infusion therapy, since ketamine’s half-life is 3 to 4 hours, or less.”
The Whole Nine Yards actor had battled addiction to prescription painkillers and alcohol for years and wrote about his sobriety journey in his 2022 memoir, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing.
Amid the investigation, Perry’s family and friends, including Friends costars, have shared fond memories of the actor.
“I think he’s probably one of the funniest human beings in the world,” Courteney Cox said on CBS Sunday Morning in May. “He is genuinely a huge heart—obviously struggled. I’m so thankful I got to work so closely with him for so many years.”
Cox, who played Perry’s onscreen love interest, said that he “visits me a lot, if we believe in that,” adding, “I feel like there are a lot of people that guide us. I sense Matthew’s around for sure.”
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