Key Highlights
- The good doc joined us on "TMZ Live" Monday and told us Nick likely would have benefited from being prescribed weight-loss drugs to counteract a common side effect of the anti-psychotic drugs he was taking.
- Play video content TMZ Studios As we uncovered in our new documentary, "The Reiner Murders: What Really Happened," Nick's unravelling that resulted in the murders of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, is directly connected to his gaining weight.
- Nick was stable on a cocktail of drugs until a month before the murders, when he complained to doctors about weight gain.
- His meds were changed, and sources say the new mix sent him into an erratic, dangerous state.
- We're told he had a complete break from reality at the time of the murders.



