Dr. Drew painkiller blamed for the death of DJ AM
NEW YORK - The Addiction specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky, said on Saturday that probably led to pain medications disc jockey DJ AM, a former drug addict, who died suddenly on Friday, far from his sober way. "He wakes up very slowly and subtly addiction," said Pinsky painkillers in an interview Saturday. "I'm not saying it was prescribed is inappropriate, I thought he did not know the risks." DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, dead in his apartment Friday night. A crack pipe and prescription pills were found in the apartment in Manhattan, said a police official, who spoke The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing. Goldstein was 36 years. Pinsky hosts VH1's Celebrity Rehab, "where he helps troubled stars get drugs and alcohol. Pinsky said he believed drugs for pain Goldstein for injuries sustained during the plane crash who awakens two operations for skin grafts needed his drug addiction. Goldstein has long preached soberly and openly about his addiction to the previous drugs, including crack cocaine and ecstasy. A spokesman for the Office of the Coroner said on Saturday that the toxicology tests, which should last several weeks, is needed to determine what killed Goldstein. An autopsy was not clear Saturday, said spokeswoman Ellen Borakove. Pinsky also has its mourning over the loss of Goldstein. He said he considered himself a friend of the late actor, and although not yet a "whole" speaking, the two relayed messages to each other through friends and were "very close". Goldstein had his own show at rehab center in October on MTV called "Gone Too Far", with the intervention Goldstein staging with young people, the debut fight against their own inclinations. MTV said it did not decide the future of the series. In promoting an interview with The Associated Press last month at the fair, "said Goldstein, it was frightening to watch people pass through the harrowing addiction and made him remember his own battles. "I'm an addict to recover. When I see and I'm in her room and all the trappings and lifestyle and all that I 11 years later, with little, began m head thinking," O h, where is it? I wonder what is it? "But Pinsky laughed at the idea that proximity to the drug Goldstein have caused a relapse." This is by no means the kind of thing leads that someone a relapse, "he said. Pinsky called Goldstein a model for people who are on the recovery and said the disc jockey was selfless, if it help others to overcome their addiction came. "Sponsorships are available through other people, and in his words, will the mat to support people in their recovery," said Pinsky. " She was a very conducive to healing. "Pinsky recalled how, when Crazytown Seth" Shifty "Binzer, a former patient on" Celebrity Rehab ", went through the entire process and asked him to Pinsky DJ AM, a former member of the deceased go to help them to learn how to stay sober. "He was someone I talked to the people to learn about recycling," said Pinsky. Therefore, it is the circumstances of his death so shocking, "It was a big surprise, I find it hard to believe. "Also Saturday was Travis Barker, seriously injured in plane crash in South Carolina last year with Goldstein that four others were killed, has put his grief over his former colleagues on Twitter expression. The two men had, as the duo TRVSDJ-AM. "I do not know how I'm playing 2night, but I'm writing for AM, Blink-182 member, who is touring with the group to be exercised." My brother is gone. i love u and miss u I'll never forget all the good times we had. "from DJ AM and Mandy Moore rushed to his side last year after he was injured in an accident of the aircraft, said in a statement Saturday that it was" extremely sorry "for his sudden death. Moore and Goldstein had a serious relationship and remained friends after. She was with him last year, he is recovering from burns suffered in plane crash that killed four people. "I am absolutely heartbroken. For those who have known appreciate happy among us, Adam beaming an infectious exuberance for life and also in person to the definition of a true friend," says Moore. "To say that he will miss more than words, is an understatement. My thoughts are with his family." ___ Associated Press writers Colleen long contributed to this report.