Brittany Murphy: Sick and Vomiting Just Before She Died

Brittany Murphy was very ill in the hours before she went into cardiac arrest and died, sources tell TMZ.

We're told Murphy was taking prescription meds for flu-like symptoms she had been experiencing for several days. We're told Murphy began vomiting early Sunday morning and told family members she was feeling very ill.

Sources say various prescriptions were found in the home -- written for Brittany Murphy, husband Simon Monjack, and Brittany's mom. One source says, "There were a lot ... a lot of prescriptions in the house."

Law enforcement sources tell us Murphy collapsed in the bathroom and somehow ended up in the shower ... there was, we're told, a significant amount of vomit in the immediate area.

We're also told authorities did not find illegal drugs in the house, but Murphy was definitely taking various prescription meds.

Sources say her condition and the meds could have triggered a heart attack, but it's too early to know. An autopsy will be performed Monday or Tuesday. We reported earlier Monjack did not want an autopsy but ultimately it's the Coroner's call.

Brittany MurphyAs we first reported, Brittany Murphy's mother told paramedics her daughter suffered from diabetes. We're told it was type 2 diabetes and people involved in the case doubt her condition caused her death.

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Re: Brittany Murphy: Sick and Vomiting Just Before She Died

wow, so sad

Re: Brittany Murphy: Sick and Vomiting Just Before She Died

what is with celebrities & prescription drugs? Don't they see it's been the cause of so many deaths

Re: Brittany Murphy: Sick and Vomiting Just Before She Died

So sad; She was SO young. I just think over these past years how skinny she became. I remember in clueless she was normal; maybe a little bigger than hollywoods standards; then when she was in Uptown Girls she was stick skinny. Regardless; it's so sad that she passed away

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Re: Brittany Murphy: Sick and Vomiting Just Before She Died

ugh just awful...

Re: Brittany Murphy: Sick and Vomiting Just Before She Died

It is awful that my first thought wasn't drugs but swine flu?

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Posted by headoverheels

It is awful that my first thought wasn't drugs but swine flu?

Re: Brittany Murphy: Sick and Vomiting Just Before She Died

They said that they found a large amount of prescription drugs in the household...from the mom, the husband and for herself.

Tragic...

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Re: Brittany Murphy: Sick and Vomiting Just Before She Died

It is very sad and I really liked her. But flu like symptoms or not I truly believe drugs and an eating disorder played the biggest role in her death.