Fifth Medication Prescribed to Covenant Killer Audrey Hale was an Anti-Anxiety Drug Associated with ‘Mania, Hostility’ and ‘Irritability’
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A photograph of medication bottles prescribed to Covenant School killer Audrey Elizabeth Hale reveals she was given a fifth, previously unknown prescription. This is in addition to the four medications previously reported by The Tennessee Star.
The image of the prescription bottles, obtained by The Star from a source familiar with the Covenant investigation, depicts four orange, semi-transparent prescription bottles with blue lids and white labels. All of the bottles are prescribed to Audrey E. Hale and bear the name of a psychiatric nurse practitioner who runs a practice based in Nashville.
An additional image of a receipt suggests at least one medication was prescribed by a Nashville psychiatrist who also operates his own practice.
The third and fourth prescription bottles bear the names of medications The Star reported after obtaining the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) affidavit used to obtain a search warrant for Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), where Hale was a 22-year mental health patient.
However, the second prescription bottle is labeled Lorazepam 0.5MG, which is also known as Ativan, an anti-anxiety medication.
Hale was not previously known to be taking this medication, and the partially visible instructions shown on the prescription bottle in the photograph suggest Hale took one tablet daily.