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Powerful anesthetic found at Jackson home
Diprivan, also known by the generic name propofol, was one of many medications found in Jackson's home, sources told ABC. The drugs had been prescribed by multiple doctors to multiple patient names, some believed to be aliases, the network said.
The reported discovery of Diprivan comes after nurse Cherilyn Lee, who had worked as a nutritionist for Jackson, told reporters he had been asking for the drug in the days before his death last week at 50.
Lee has told CNN and other media outlets Jackson said he suffered severe insomnia and pleaded for the drug, saying it helped him sleep.
Experts say Diprivan is not for insomnia and should normally be administered only by IV in a hospital, typically before a medical procedure.
ABC, citing unnamed emergency physicians, said the drug could have caused respiratory depression and, ultimately, cardiac arrest if Jackson used it for insomnia.
The drug, a white liquid, has been dubbed "milk of amnesia" because of its potency as an anesthetic.
"Propofol is an agent that requires very close monitoring and is often limited only to use by anesthesiologists," Dr. Richard Page, head of cardiology at the University of Washington medical center, told ABC. "The main issue with this agent is respiratory depression, which in turn could cause cardiac arrest."
Toxicology test results on Jackson are not expected to be back for several weeks.
The discovery follows reports the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is investigating the possible involvement of drugs in Jackson's death.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 07/03/2009
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07-04-2009 20:17
klondikekitty wrote:
GOD, even after his death, the media can't wait to badmouth Michael Jackson -- wishing they would just let him rest in peace now, instead of all this media hoopla about his drug use . . . good lord, if i was him, i would've used drugs, too, thanks to all the rotten publicity circulated by the relentless press, the poor man died alone in tremendous debt and isolation . . . when does it end for the viscious attacks on him??!!!
07-04-2009 08:18
Bob wrote:
What of it!
A miserable world....when the
most important things to con-
tinue to spread are tidbits a-
bout the drugs taken by an
unusual, but successful singer.
His prominence among legendary
music-maker achievemnts surely
merits more attention to his
honors than to his health.
Say what you may....Michael was
a remarkably gifted pioneer in
the music kingdom.
So beat it!
most important things to con-
tinue to spread are tidbits a-
bout the drugs taken by an
unusual, but successful singer.
His prominence among legendary
music-maker achievemnts surely
merits more attention to his
honors than to his health.
Say what you may....Michael was
a remarkably gifted pioneer in
the music kingdom.
So beat it!
07-03-2009 20:32
wrote:
Drug in Jackson's home
Please give it a rest. If he was the only person in this world doing drugs then you might have the right to say something but MOST of the population is using even if we don't know it. That includes you maybe. This includes the poor, famous,unfamous,ministers,lawyers, judges, attorney's, doctors,you name them and you have it. It is a evil wicked world out there and in the end they all pay in some way or the other. I am assuming that even the highest dignitaries may have at some time.
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