t’s kind of the Wild West right now in terms of ketamine abuse and unfortunately, the medical boards of various states are not coming down hard enough on this,” Mahjoubi said.
He also noted the rise of “concierge medicine” services in Los Angeles, where in-home treatments are provided to patients, but Mahjoubi claimed services are often given without a full and proper physical and psychological assessment.
“There are some companies that send a medical staff to just satisfy the law, but this person probably has never seen the patient in person or even via telehealth beforehand, and that is dangerous,” he noted
Mahjoubi said people pay thousands of dollars to receive the private ketamine treatments at home, in addition to getting them in a more controlled environment.
“I’ve caught some patients who have used multiple services and I’ve discharged them from receiving further treatment from my practice once I find out,” Mahjoubi told The Post.
“Meanwhile, you also have companies springing up online that could easily mail someone ketamine tablets. It’s gotten out of control.”
While it is still unclear how Perry obtained the ketamine that was found in his system, the autopsy report also revealed the actor was getting regular injections of testosterone just two weeks before his death.
A friend interviewed by investigators said the testosterone injections sometimes left him “angry and mean,” but he was generally happy and seemed to be in “good spirits,” according to the 29-page autopsy report.
Perry also had Buprenorphine in his system, a drug also used to treat drug addiction, the report stated.
Deputies who responded to Perry’s $6 million Pacific Palisades cottage discovered “multiple open, empty, half-filled medication bottles prescribed to [Perry], as well as over-the-counter medications, vitamins, digestive aids and dishes filled with multiple various loose pills, tablets, caplets, candy and breath mints,” according to the report.
The star was seen playing pickleball — which he said was key to staying sober — just hours before his untimely death.