Jeremy Piven stricken with “Extreme Mercury Toxicity”

Actor Jeremy Piven (Entourage) 43, has left the cast of the Broadway revival ‘Speed-the-Plow’ after being advised to do so by his doctors. Piven had complained to the show’s producers that he wasn’t feeling well. After seeing a Dr. Carlon Colker, he had “extreme mercury toxicity” and that “a test revealed that Jeremy had the highest level of mercury that he has ever seen, which amounts to six times a healthy amount of mercury, in his system.”

Colker told the Web site  that a major symptom of mercury poisoning is extreme fatigue. He also said  Piven was  having neuro-muscular dysfunction, which resulted  in  his having trouble  lifting his arms and legs, and that he  started to feel dizzy.

[source: Chicago Breaking News]