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The toxicological analysis revealed that former soccer player Diego Maradona had consumed a cocktail of drugs before his death, but not alcohol or drugs, reports dailymail.co.uk.
Maradona suffered from significant heart, liver and kidney problems, and post-mortem blood and urine tests showed a cocktail of prescription drugs, including quetiapine, venlafaxine and levetiracetam, according to News.ro.
Quetiapine is used to treat affective disorders, such as depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder.
The antidepressant Venlaxfaxine is sometimes used to treat panic attacks. Levetiracetam belongs to a class of medications known as anticonvulsants and is used with other medications to treat epilepsy in an attempt to reduce the number of seizures.
Ranitidine, which is used for indigestion and heartburn, has also been detected and has been the focus of ongoing research to determine whether some ingredients may increase cancer risk.
Although some of the medications in his body can cause an arrhythmia, tests confirmed that there was no evidence that Maradona was receiving medications for his heart disease.
The tests also showed that Maradona suffered from cirrhosis of the liver, a kidney condition called acute tubular necrosis that can lead to acute kidney failure, coronary heart disease and myocardial fibrosis.
His heart weighed 503 grams, almost double the normal heart for a man his age.
A doctor told local media on condition of anonymity: “Diego’s body was on the brink. Or beyond the brink.”
Former soccer player Diego Maradona died on November 25, in Buenos Aires, at the age of 60. The cause of death was considered acute secondary lung edema, caused by a heart attack.
