FireMedic65 Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Came across this earlier today http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/...ofol/index.html (CNN) -- The Los Angeles coroner has concluded preliminarily that singer Michael Jackson died of an overdose of propofol, a powerful sedative he was given to help him sleep, according to court documents released Monday. Los Angeles' coroner Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran reached that preliminary conclusion after reviewing toxicology results carried out on Jackson's blood, according to a search warrant and affidavit unsealed in Houston, Texas. The affidavit outlines probable cause for search warrants of the offices of doctors who are believed to have treated Jackson. The Associated Press is quoting a single law enforcement official, who says the L.A. County Coroner has ruled Michael Jackson's death a homicide. The Los Angeles County Coroner's office told CNN they had "no comment" on the report. An LAPD spokesman says the story did not come from their department. The 32-page warrant said Dr. Conrad Murray, Jackson's personal physician, told a detective that he had been treating Jackson for insomnia for six weeks. Murray said each night he gave Jackson 50 mg of propofol, also known as Diprivan, diluted with the anesthetic lidocaine via an intravenous drip. Worried that Jackson may have been becoming addicted to the drug, the Houston cardiologist said he attempted to wean him from it, putting together combinations of other drugs that succeeded in helping Jackson sleep during the two nights prior to his death. But on June 25, other drugs failed to do the job, as he recounted to detectives in an hour-by-hour account that was detailed by detective Orlando Martinez of the Los Angeles Police Department: Learn more about the events of the night Jackson died » -- At about 1:30 a.m., Murray gave Jackson 10 mg of Valium. -- At about 2 a.m., he injected Jackson with 2 mg of the anti-anxiety drug Ativan. -- At about 3 a.m., Murray then administered 2 mg of the sedative Versed. -- At about 5 a.m., he administered another 2 mg of Ativan. -- At about 7:30 a.m., Murray gave Jackson yet another 2 mg of Versed while monitoring him with a device that measured the oxygen saturation of a his blood. -- At about 10:40 a.m., "after repeated demands/requests from Jackson," Murray administered 25 mg of propofol, the document said. "Jackson finally went to sleep and Murray stated that he remained monitoring him. After approximately 10 minutes, Murray stated he left Jackson's side to go to the restroom and relieve himself. Murray stated he was out of the room for about two minutes maximum. Upon his return, Murray noticed that Jackson was no longer breathing," the affidavit said. Efforts at CPR proved fruitless. According to the warrant and affidavit, Murray said he was not the first doctor to give Jackson the powerful anesthetic, which the singer called his "milk." The drug has a milky appearance. The document also cited reports from staff at the University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center, where Jackson's body was taken, who said Murray "admitted" to having given Jackson flumazenil to counteract the Ativan. The document listed another five doctors and a nurse practitioner who were said to have treated Jackson. "Detectives ... believe that the miscellaneous prescriptions, from multiple doctors ... could have contributed to his death," the document said. It added that "it cannot be determined whether the cause of death is due to the actions of a single night and/or a single doctor, or the grossly negligent treatment of several doctors over an extended period of time." Propofol is administered intravenously in operating rooms as a general anesthetic, the manufacturer AstraZeneca told CNN. The drug works as a depressant on the central nervous system. "It works on your brain," said Dr. Zeev Kain, the chair of the anesthesiology department at the University of California, Irvine. "It basically puts the entire brain to sleep." However, once the infusion is stopped, the patient wakes up almost immediately. advertisement "So if you're going to do this, you'd have to have somebody right there giving you the medication and monitoring you continuously," Kain said. Dr. Hector Vila, chairman of the Ambulatory Surgery Committee for the American Society of Anesthesiologists, said he administers the drug during office procedures such as urology, dentistry and gynecology. It is also the most common anesthetic for colonoscopies, he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DwayneEMTP Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 A finding of homicide certainly doesn't also mean a finding of murder. The two are related, but not synonymous. Dwayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard B the EMT Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 It IS my hope that I am NOT the only one on the planet that is "Michael-ed" out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwiology Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Los Angeles' coroner Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran What, this guy is a celebrity who died in Los Angeles County; where is Dr Noguchi when you need him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireMedic65 Posted August 25, 2009 Author Share Posted August 25, 2009 A finding of homicide certainly doesn't also mean a finding of murder. The two are related, but not synonymous. Dwayne Yea... that's fantastic! I like my wording better. My topic, my wording. The media gets to to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief1C Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Looks more like assisted suicide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Star Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Looks more like assisted suicide. Doc Jack is back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brentoli Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 When did he die? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwiology Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 6/25/09 you don't remember, i mean it was only on the news nonstop for days at a time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshMedic Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Hi all, Is it just me or is there anyone else out there wondering what a powerful anesthetic drug like propofol is doing in the hands of a personal physician? Here it's only licences for use in hospitals and in a few cases, by EMS. Still, at least I now know why it's restricted...... WM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts