ANTIDEPRESSANT, PAIN KILLER & ALCOHOL: Husband Kills Wife of 29 yrs & Self: TX

Note from Dr. Tracy: Antidepressants and pain killers SHOULD NOT be used
in combination! I absolutely cannot believe how common this is that doctors
will prescribe these drugs together and then add alcohol on top of that?!

Also the Physicians Desk Reference states that antidepressants can cause a
craving for alcohol and alcohol abuse.
Also, the liver cannot metabolize the antidepressant and the alcohol
simultaneously, thus leading to higher levels of both alcohol and the
antidepressant in the body.
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Paragraph five reads: "Edwards father, Carl Edwards of Longview told the
East Texas News that his son was taking pain and depression medication and
routinely drank. ‘He would drink tequila in the evenings and we all know
alcohol and drugs don’t mix,’ said Edwards shortly after returning from
delivering his granddaughters to their maternal grandparents."

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_Husband kills wife and himself with children in home_
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Connie Mae Edwards was apparently shot by her husband, who then killed
himself

By Donna McCollum – _bio_
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NACOGDOCHES, TX (KTRE) – New information on a murder suicide investigation
that happened around 1:30 Thursday morning. The normally quiet ‘Village
Gate’ subdivision off Park Street in Nacogdoches was awakened by the sound of
gunfire and screaming children.

Today the neighborhood has returned to its peaceful nature, but neighbors
are still wondering what made Carlton Wayne Edwards shoot and kill his
wife, Donnie Mae Edwards. The 46 year old woman was shot twice with a handgun,
the same one Edwards used on himself. All this happened with the couple’s
two young daughters in the same house.

"The older daughter, she was terrified last night when it first happened,"
Art Wheeles, a neighbor said. "Then she got her senses together and then s
he was real alert. She knew what she was talking about. She gave the
police department a real good description of everything that happened. Both of
them were coping with it quite well and they knew whatever happened, they
couldn’t undo it."

Tonight the children Wheeles would voluntarily take to Vacation Bible
School are with an older sister and maternal grandparents in Mississippi.
Wheeles also volunteered with another neighbor to clean up the blood spill left
in the hallway. "We didn’t want the family to return for the girl’s things
and see this," explained Wheeles. Following an autopsy, their parents will
be buried in Mississippi.

Edwards father, Carl Edwards of Longview told the East Texas News that his
son was taking pain and depression medication and routinely drank. "He
would drink tequila in the evenings and we all know alcohol and drugs don’t
mix," said Edwards shortly after returning from delivering his granddaughters
to their maternal grandparents.

The Edwards are SFA alum’s. Mr. Edwards just got a food delivery job. His
wife was a dietician with Aramark at SFA. They were married on Christmas
day, 29 years ago. The couple had recently moved back to Nacogdoches after
selling a home in Mississippi. According to the older Edwards, his son and
daughter-in-law were experiencing financial difficulties, yet preparing to
build a new house. Edwards said, "I’m afraid you’re going to see more of this
kind of thing as the economy worsens."

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