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An autopsy released on March 11, 1983 discounted drug overdose, attributing Carpenter’s death to “emetine cardiotoxicity due to or as a consequence of anorexia nervosa.” Her blood-sugar level at the time of death was 1,110 milligrams per deciliter, more than ten times the average. Two years later, the coroner told colleagues that Carpenter’s heart failure was caused by repeated use of ipecac syrup, an over-the-counter emetic often used to induce vomiting in cases of overdosing or poisoning.This claim was disputed by Levenkron, who said that he had never known her to use ipecac and that he had not seen evidence that she had been vomiting. Carpenter’s friends were convinced that she had abused laxatives and thyroid medication to maintain her low body weight and felt that the problem had begun after her marriage began to fail.

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