Matthew Perry's cause of death was "acute effects of ketamine," according to an autopsy. He previously wrote about ketamine therapy in his 2022 memoir.
While the world was curious about what led to Matthew Perry’s sudden dealth, everyone took their time to mourn, The medical examiner’s office said that drowning, coronary artery disease and the effects of an opioid, buprenorphine, had contributed to the actor’s death. However, the autopsy ascribed his death primarily to the acute effects of ketamine. So what is ketamine?