Clerks’ Star Lisa Spoonauer Cause Of Death: Accidental Opioid Overdose

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Clerks star Lisa Spoonauer, who died at the age of 44, accidentally overdosed on hydromorphone, an opioid, according to the Ocean County Medical Examiner in New Jersey. As reported, Spoonauer passed away in her New Jersey home in May. At the time, a 911 call was placed from her house, but she was no longer breathing when paramedics arrived.

Hydromorphone, which is the generic form of Dilaudid, is used to treat pain. The drug has been known to affect one’s breathing and can be very addictive. Spoonauer’s death, says the medical examiner, was from an acute and chronic intravenous use of the drug. While presumably she injected the opioid, the medical examiner’s office refused to confirm that detail to Gossip Cop.

In addition to using hydromorphone, Spoonauer was also fighting a myriad of illnesses, including cancer, immune deficiency, and lung disease. Of course, Spoonauer was known for playing Caitlin Bree in the movie Clerks. She also lent her voice to the character in the animated series, based on Kevin Smith’s cult film. The writer-director and Spoonauer met when he watched her in an acting class at Brookdale Community College in 1992 while casting the movie.

Smith noted in a long Instagram tribute to Spoonauer after her death that when he observed her acting class, “Lisa was easily the most natural and authentic voice in the room. She didn’t sound like she was acting at all; she delivered scripted dialogue as if she was inventing her conversation in the moment, like people do in real life. Captivated, I approached Lisa cold in the parking lot.”

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Originally Posted by Fairplay

The doctors only give 30 day supply and a person has to go back once a month for a refill.

But the other questions you have I was also wondering about how the drugs are being obtained when they are being very restrictive from patients getting them.

Heh. Delusional.

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Is a refill of 120 Hydrocodone#10 a one month supply?

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Originally Posted by Fairplay

The doctors only give 30 day supply and a person has to go back once a month for a refill.

But the other questions you have I was also wondering about how the drugs are being obtained when they are being very restrictive from patients getting them.

My problem, as someone who suffers from chronic pain, is that the government in trying to prevent addiction is making it very hard for people who actually need it to get it. I don't use opioids at the moment, but a lot of people with chronic pain need them.

Why do we have to punish the innocent and make them suffer in pain because some people abuse opioids? Can't we come up with a better solution so that people suffering aren't hurt? WTF is wrong with this country?