There’s now a totally speculative account that Anna Nicole may have been hopped up on so many narcotic painkillers to deal with the ongoing pain from the autoimmune disease lupus.

The thing is, there’s no source for the story that she had lupus, Access Hollywood just says there are “new claims,” and the doctor they contact for his opinion didn’t know or treat her, he’s just guessing. Plus the cocktail of drugs that Anna was on are not regularly prescribed for Lupus:

Startling new claims have emerged following the death of Anna Nicole Smith indicating that the model may have been suffering from lupus.

A medical examiner has yet to determine the cause of Smith’s death almost three weeks ago in Seminole, Florida. Prior to her passing she had allegedly used Topamax, Dilaudid and Methadone, as it was revealed in hearings regarding the final resting place of her remains.

These three drugs are not normally prescribed to treat lupus, a disease which affects the immune system. Pregnancy, however combined with lupus could present a severe amount of pain to a patient according to an expert contacted by Access Hollywood.

According to Dr. Bob Lahita a practicing physician, Chairman of Medicine at Jersey City Medical Center and Professor of Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical School who has authored several books on the disease, about 60% of lupus patients develop a condition called Fibro Myalgia. The condition causes chronic and extreme pain across the body in muscles, tendons and ligaments and can make it hard for a patient to sleep. Such occurrences leave open the possibility that painkillers Topamax and Dilaudid may have been used for comfort, Dr. Lahita speculates.

Dr. Lahita has been in contact with at least one other media outlet regarding his opinion, since claims that Smith had the disease began to emerge.

If she did have lupus, it would explain what prompted her to take all those drugs in the first place, but it doesn’t excuse it. Lupus is said to often flare up in mothers a few months after they give birth.

I have a small amount of sympathy for her if this is true, but plenty of people live with chronic pain and are careful about taking their medication responsibly. Anna’s ex bodyguard, who also claims to have had an affair with her, says that she suffered from seizures. I wasn’t aware that seizures were associated with lupus, but it turns out that it can cause neurological problems like seizures. Maybe Anna had lupus and didn’t know about it, maybe she kept it a secret, or this could just be an unsubstantiated rumor.

There are all sorts of new stories of Anna Nicole’s debauchery and sleeping around told by a former assistant in this week’s Enquirer. He also says that he was told if Anna fell unconscious not to call 911 and to take her to the hospital himself. I’ve been putting off reporting on it as I have been sick of Anna stories lately. If you want to hear about it, let me know in the comments and I’ll cover that story. Thanks.