Kuyavela ukuthi ukuziphatha okungajwayelekile komlingisi kwakubangelwa yinto ye-narcotic, okuthi, njengoba inkanyezi iqinisekile, wahlaselwa utshwala ephathini ngosuku lokuzalwa kwakhe. Umtholampilo, lapho uBharton wachitha izinsuku eziningana, enqume ukuthi hlobo luni lwento eyenzele isiphuzo umlingisi okuthiwa yi-GHV noma i-GammagidroXyByAterate.
"Ngobusuku bangoJanuwari 25, ngagubha usuku lwami lokuzalwa nabangane. Saqeda utshwala, kepha ngasikhathi esithile ngabona ukuthi ukuziphatha kwami kwangqongqozwa ngaphandle kwento evamile, ukunyakaza kwaba ngesiphithiphithi ngandlela thile, futhi mina uqobo angizilawuli. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, lezi zinzwa ziye zathuthuka. Ngavuma ukuhlolwa kwezokwelapha ngokuzithandela, ngoba ngangiqonda ukuthi ngidinga ochwepheshe besiza. Kamuva ngatshelwa emtholampilo, ngatshelwa ukuthi othile wangilethela i-gammahydroxyByyate e-cocktail, okuthi, kanye notshwala, kwabangela ukusabela okunjalo, "kusho umlingiswa.
Khumbula ukuthi uMisha Barton akusona okokuqala emtholampilo okhethekile. NgoJulayi 2009, uBarton naye wangeniswa esibhedlela ngemuva kokuthi ekhuphuke nabahlengikazi lapho bemukela udokotela wamazinyo. Ngasikhathi sinye, umlingisi, ngenhlanhla, wayezolile ngokwengeziwe.