2023-10-31 18:02:52
The writer Lucía Etxebarria has recalled an excerpt from the memoirs of Matthew Perry (known for his role as Chandler Bing in the series ‘Friends’), and recalled that at the age of 40 the actor was already taking “thirty Vicodin pills a day.” Etxebarria has denounced that “his parents created an addiction for him since he was a baby” and she has asked that these practices be put to an end.
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The writer’s Instagram post begins with some phrases published by Perry in her 2022 book ‘Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing’: “They tell me that I took phenobarbital during the second month of my life, between 30 and 60 days of age. This is an important time in a baby’s development, especially when it comes to sleep. (Fifty years later, I still don’t sleep well.) When I cried they gave me phenobarbital and the drug knocked me out, causing my father to burst into laughter. He wasn’t being cruel. Drug babies are fun.
«I want to be very clear on this point. I don’t blame my parents for this. Your child cries all the time, something is clearly wrong, the doctor prescribes medicine, he is not the only doctor who thinks this is a good idea, you give the child the medicine, the child stops crying. It was a different time », he continues.
The writer remembers that “this was done in 1969″ (when Perry was just born). «40 years later Matthew Perry took thirty Vicodin pills a day. Because his parents created an addiction for him since he was a baby with the total support and complacency of the doctors,” she denounces.
And Echevarría reflects on this situation: «Perry died at the age of 54 due to heart complications derived from years of addiction. The sad thing is that Matthew’s very sad story is not going to serve as an example to anyone.
The writer analyzes how this medication could influence Perry’s life. «Not only do we now know that the neuroplasticity of a baby’s brain is extremely delicate and that you should not give them any type of drug (you couldn’t even consume a sleeping pill during pregnancy) but we know that you are creating a pattern: “You tend to regulate your sleep with pills, so you will never be able to have a healthy sleeping pattern,” he continues. «And yes, the doctors at that time thought it was a great idea. “Right now, doctors consider that it is a good idea to give concerta (a psychostimulant) to hyperactive 8-year-old children or to stop puberty with lupron in 8- and 9-year-old boys and girls.”
«Yes, your child is hyperactive, you give him Concerta and he calms down. But it has been shown that he also calms down with therapy, although of course it is much less rapid than the pill. As for giving puberty blockers to minors, it has already been banned in several countries. It is an experimental and irreversible treatment. In Spain it continues to be done », he concludes.
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