Percodan

Fisher had been showing signs of bipolar disorder for years, self-medicating with cocaine and Percodan to try to calm the howling in her head.

Ms. Field writes that Mr. Reynolds used Percodan, Valium and barbiturates during the making of “Smokey,” and sometimes received mysterious injections to his chest.

In that dark period, he struggled with an addiction to the pain killer Percodan.

The injury led to a highly publicized addiction to the painkiller Percodan in the 1970s.

In the late-1970s, he revealed his dependence on Percodan, which had turned into a 10-15 tablet-a-day habit.