But Evans who had depression and a personality disorder found it difficult to cope and considered taking her own life by jumping off her balcony and overdosing on Mr Ballinger's morphine tablets.

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There's a hysterical scene where both McAlary and his editor pump up their morphine drips while both at the hospital and another funny bit about the Atkins' diet.

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The coroner's court heard they were put on to a ventilator and given a dose of morphine, which was standard practice, but there was confusion over the exact amount that should be administered.

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And Pharmacia's new injectable COX-2 inhibitor, called Dynastat, could supplement or even supersede morphine.

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If the panel's advice is adopted by FDA, it would put hydrocodone on par with prescription painkillers like oxycodone, morphine, and methadone -- drugs with high abuse potential that can lead to severe physical dependence.

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