Dr. Drew Pinsky appeared on TMZ Live to discuss how weight-loss drugs like Ozempic could have potentially altered the path of Nick Reiner, who murdered his parents amid medication changes. He highlighted the delicate balance of prescribing such drugs alongside anti-psychotics. The insight ties into TMZ's new documentary on the Reiner murders.
Oh, honey, the tea on this one is piping hot and heartbreaking. Nick Reiner's story took a dark turn when his weight gain from anti-psychotic meds spiraled him into chaos, leading to the unthinkable murders of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner. As TMZ's explosive new doc, "The Reiner Murders: What Really Happened," lays out, Nick was stable on his cocktail of drugs until just a month before the killings. That's when he complained to docs about packing on pounds—a super common side effect, apparently. They switched up his meds, and boom: sources say the new combo hurled him into an erratic, dangerous state, culminating in a full break from reality. 😱
Enter Dr. Drew, the no-nonsense doc who spilled on "TMZ Live" Monday. He dropped that Nick "likely would have benefited from being prescribed weight-loss drugs to counteract" that pesky side effect. We're talking GLP-1s like Ozempic and Mounjaro, which younger psychiatrists are now slinging to balance out the bloat from psych meds. But Drew didn't sugarcoat it: "it's a delicate balance." In Nick's case? These drugs "may have helped," potentially keeping everything steady without the med swap. Who knows—maybe Rob, Michele, and Nick would all still be here, living their lives. 💔
It's a messy reminder of how thin the line is between stability and tragedy in mental health treatment. Catch the full interview on "TMZ Live" and stream the doc on Hulu for all the gut-wrenching details. So, is Big Pharma's next frontier in psych care a game-changer... or just another risky gamble?
