Published: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Owens reacted to meds last week, coach says
Cowboys' star receiver Terrell Owens has denied he tried to kill himself, explaining that he was groggy from taking painkillers, The Dallas Morning News is reporting.
Owens talked to reporters during a news conference at the Cowboys' Valley Ranch headquarters. He attributed his statement to Dallas police that he had tried to harm himself to being asked a lot of questions by a number of people while he was essentially incoherent from pain medication he was taking for his injured hand.
He had placed some of the prescribed pain pills in a drawer, which may have led his publicist Kim Etheredge to conclude he was trying to commit suicide, he told the packed room.
Etheredge was the one who made the call to 911, she said, because Owens was lethargic and not responding as he normally does. She said she was upset police had suggested Owens tried to take his life. She attributed Owens' condition to an allergic reaction to the combination of painkillers he was prescribed after surgery and the supplements he takes as part of his training regimen.
Both she and Owens denied that he told police he was depressed, the newspaper's online edition says.
Owens said he was taking hydrocodone and several "natural supplements." He was treated at Baylor Medical Center and released this morning.
He also said he expects to practice Thursday and could be ready to play at Tennessee Sunday.
Terrell's coach, Bill Parcells, said during his regularly scheduled meeting with reporters earlier in the day, he had not spoken to the star receiver and did not know anything about the trip to the hospital.
"I'd rather be clear on what they are before I comment on the future," he said.
He added that Owens had had a reaction last week to the pain medicine he was given following surgery in which a plate was inserted into his right hand to stabilize a fractured fourth metacarpal. Parcells said Owens became ill and could not work out, but was improved the next day.
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Cowboys' star receiver Terrell Owens has denied he tried to kill himself, explaining that he was groggy from taking painkillers, The Dallas Morning News is reporting.
Owens talked to reporters during a news conference at the Cowboys' Valley Ranch headquarters. He attributed his statement to Dallas police that he had tried to harm himself to being asked a lot of questions by a number of people while he was essentially incoherent from pain medication he was taking for his injured hand.
He had placed some of the prescribed pain pills in a drawer, which may have led his publicist Kim Etheredge to conclude he was trying to commit suicide, he told the packed room.
Etheredge was the one who made the call to 911, she said, because Owens was lethargic and not responding as he normally does. She said she was upset police had suggested Owens tried to take his life. She attributed Owens' condition to an allergic reaction to the combination of painkillers he was prescribed after surgery and the supplements he takes as part of his training regimen.
Both she and Owens denied that he told police he was depressed, the newspaper's online edition says.
Owens said he was taking hydrocodone and several "natural supplements." He was treated at Baylor Medical Center and released this morning.
He also said he expects to practice Thursday and could be ready to play at Tennessee Sunday.
Terrell's coach, Bill Parcells, said during his regularly scheduled meeting with reporters earlier in the day, he had not spoken to the star receiver and did not know anything about the trip to the hospital.
"I'd rather be clear on what they are before I comment on the future," he said.
He added that Owens had had a reaction last week to the pain medicine he was given following surgery in which a plate was inserted into his right hand to stabilize a fractured fourth metacarpal. Parcells said Owens became ill and could not work out, but was improved the next day.
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Cowboys' star receiver Terrell Owens has denied he tried to kill himself, explaining that he was groggy from taking...
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