Some doctors
prescribe ketamine off-label to treat patients with conditions including severe depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Generic ketamine isn’t approved for such uses. There is a
booming business of startups prescribing ketamine.
Perry, who was open about his substance-abuse struggles, said in his 2022 memoir that he spent $7 million trying to get help and stayed in rehab 15 times.
Drowning, coronary artery disease and “buprenorphine effects” also contributed to his death, according to Perry’s autopsy report. He had been sober for 19 months before his death, the autopsy report said.