Anna Nicole Was On Weight Loss Medications

HOLLYWOOD, Fl. (March 26, 2007) ? The diet pill industry is set to be rocked by a coroner?s announcement earlier today that model and TrimSpa spokeswoman Anna Nicole Smith was on a host of prescription drugs including weight loss medication, when she died last month.

?As background information we knew that Miss Smith suffered back pain and was prescribed Methadone,? Broward County Coroner Joshua Perper told the media during a press conference set up to reveal the results of Smith?s autopsy. ?In addition to that she was taking a number of anti-anxiety drugs and weight reducing drugs, human growth hormones.?

Among the drugs in Smith?s system at the time of her death included Topamax. Perper said either human growth hormone or B12 had been injected into her buttocks days before her death.

Topamax is a drug generally used to treat seizures and migraines. A side effect in some patients can be a loss of taste.

Access Hollywood has learned that studies on Topamax have revealed that when the medication is taken in higher doses of 100 MG or more, it can produce weight loss effects.

Human growth hormone has also been shown to produce weight loss in studies.In fact, it was HGH, which triggered a reaction in Anna?s ex, Larry Birkhead who watched the autopsy press conference with Access Hollywood?s Tony Potts.?When Dr. Perper talked about the HGH, you reacted pretty strongly on that one,? Tony told Larry.?Well, that?s kind of touchy to be honest with you,? Larry replied.When asked why it was touchy, Birkhead immediately brought up Anna?s association with a weight loss product.?She?s the spokesperson for a diet company.?Larry struggled with what seemed to be the claim that Anna used more than TrimSpa to lose weight.?There?s a lot of people that looked up to Anna for losing weight, by her accounts on certain things and I don?t want to take away from those people,? Birkhead said. Tony then asked if Birkhead saw Anna use more than TrimSpa to lose weight, when he was around her.?Well you can?t say it, so then I?ll say it,? Tony began, ?Was Anna Nicole using that to lose weight???You can say it,? Birkhead replied. ?I know a lot more than they?re even saying.?

TrimSpa released a statement late Monday suggesting that Anna Nicole?s use of HGH and Topamax, predated her weight loss. They also suggested she was not taking those substances for weight issues.?In both cases, [Topamax, HGH], Smith?s use of the medications in question began in the mid- to late-1990?s ? when her weight ballooned and reached an all-time high. In 2003, Smith began taking TrimSpa and lost 69 pounds,? a statement read.

Prior to her death, Smith was gearing up to take part in a contest to help TrimSpa find a new spokesperson.