Drug use can exacerbate sleep apnoea with potentially fatal results, but the report does not make clear whether Fisher took any drugs on the day in December when she suffered a cardiac incident on the worldwide flight.
It also revealed she had cocaine, heroin, and other drugs in her system at her time of death although it could not be determined if those substances played a role in her passing. Her mother, longtime movie star Debbie Reynolds, died the following day.
"At this time the significance of cocaine can not be established in this case", the report states.
In addition, traces of heroin and MDMA - also known as ecstasy - were also present in her system, but they could not determine when Fisher had taken those drugs.
Actress Carrie Fisher died of sleep apnea and other undetermined factors, a coroner told The Associated Press Friday.
Actress Carrie Fisher attends a special screening of, \"Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds\", at Alice Tully Hall on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, in NY.
Carrie Fisher died following a cardiac arrest in December 2016.
According the The Hollywood Reporter, Fisher had buildup of fat in the walls of her arteries.
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"Drugs of abuse such as cocaine, heroin and amphetamine derivatives are very hard to interpret based on quantitative levels in tissues or blood postmortem", the report reads.
Fisher had been open about her struggles with drug addiction and mental illness, including bipolar disorder.
Fisher long battled drug addiction and mental illness.
Fisher's daughter, actress Billie Lourd, 24, released a statement to People addressing the findings of Monday's toxicology report.
Todd Fisher said it was hard to blame doctors who treated his sister because they were trying to help her. She was purposefully open in all of her work about the social stigmas surrounding these diseases. "If you want to know what killed her, it's all of it", he said.
Carrie Fisher made her feature film debut opposite Warren Beatty in the 1975 hit "Shampoo".
"Seek help, fight for government funding for mental health programs".
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