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The family of John B. Edwards III ’10 filed a wrongful death suit against Harvard and two UHS professionals last week, alleging that Edwards’ doctors negligently prescribed the young man a cocktail of four drugs that contributed to his suicide in November 2007.
Lisa G. Arrowood, the attorney representing Edwards, said that the drug combination is associated with an increased risk of suicide.
Arrowood declined to comment further and declined to comment on behalf of John B. Edwards II, Edwards’ father, who could not be reached for comment.
“John Edwards was given quite a brew, quite a combination of drugs,” said psychiatrist David M. Bear ’65, whose son was childhood friends with Edwards.
Bear said that a nurse practitioner should not have been supervising Edwards due to the complexity of the case and the number of drugs involved.