Michael Jackson's Death A Homocide
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| Mon, 08-24-2009 - 4:49pm |
Hmmm...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32542682/ns/entertainment-music/
Coroner rules Jackson’s death a homicide
Court document reveals singer had lethal levels of propofol in system
HOUSTON - The Los Angeles County coroner ruled Michael Jackson's death a homicide, a law enforcement official told the Associated Press on Monday. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the findings have not been publicly released. Meanwhile, a search warrant affidavit revealed that Jackson had lethal levels of the powerful anesthetic propofol
in his system when he died in his rented Los Angeles mansion on June 25.
The document unsealed Monday allowed officials to raid the Houston offices and storage facility of Dr. Conrad Murray
last month.
According to the warrant, Murray, Jackson's personal physician, had been treating the singer for insomnia with the sedative for six weeks. According to the document, Murray said he had been trying to wean Jackson off the powerful sedative by using smaller doses in combination with the sedatives lorazepam and midazolam.
On the morning Jackson died, Murray said he tried to induce sleep without using propofol, starting first with valium at 1:30 a.m. When Jackson was still awake at 2 a.m., Murray injected Jackson with lorazepam, then injected him with midazolam at 3 a.m. Murray told police he administered several other drugs over the next few hours.
By 10:40 a.m., Jackson, still unable to sleep, urged Murray to give him propofol. Murray said in court documents that he administered 25 milligrams of the drug at that time, then left Jackson alone under the influence of the drug to make phone calls to his Houston office. When he returned, Jackson was not breathing. He performed CPR while a member of Jackson's staff called 911. The singer was rushed to UCLA Medical Center where he was declared dead sometime later.
The affidavit says, while Murray acknowledged to police that he administered propofol, authorities find no evidence that he had purchased, ordered or obtained the medication under his medical license or Drug Enforcement Administration tracking number. Police detectives found about eight bottles of the anesthetic in Jackson's house along with other vials and pills that had been prescribed to Jackson by Dr. Murray, Dr. Arnold Klein and Dr. Allan Metzger.
Valium, lorazepam, clonazepam, tamsulosin and other drugs also were confiscated in the search, and propofol was found in Murray's medical bag. According to the warrant, Murray told police he was not the first doctor to administer propofol to the singer.
Authorities subpoenaed medical records from Klein, Metzger and Dr. David Adams, in addition to Murray, the affidavit states. They also asked for medical records from Dr. David Slavitt, who conducted the independent medical examination of Jackson for Anschuntz Entertainment Group, Dr. Randy Rosen and nurse practitioner Cherilyn Lee.
The affidavit also states that Jackson told Murray that two doctors in Germany had given him propofol. Murray said he repeatedly asked Jackson what other physicians were treating him and what drugs they were prescribing. Murray said Jackson refused to give the information.>>>
Maybe good doctors don't just give patients what they want. Good doctors do what is best for the patient. I think this will eventually be pleaded down to an involuntary manslaughter and the doctor will lose his license, but it is so sad and unnecessary all around.

Opal

As much as I hate to, I admit I can understand Jackson's search for something to help him sleep. I suffer from Insomnia. It's awful to fall asleep for an hour and then be awake for the rest of the night. For years I was going on maybe an hour sleep. Now I have broken sleep for maybe 4 hours a night.
That doesn't excuse the Dr. I hope he pleads guilty.
Seems as though MJ would have been better served in a rehab to wean him off this cocktail of drugs.
The ethical thing to do would have been to refuse to treat him unless MJ revealed all the drugs other doc's were Rx'ing.
I have to admit I was shocked to hear about the amount of drugs Michael Jackson was using. With his hyperbaric chamber and organic foods, etc. I kind of pictured him as too vain (maybe even a bit of a hypochondriac) to put chemicals into his body.
Good doctors do not provide their patients with dangerous cocktail mixes of sedatives. Highly paid doctors, however, might put their Hippocratic oath behind them and see dollar signs. Propofol is a very dangerous drug that should be used only by doctors who have been trained to administer it. Not all doctors are trained in sedation. To even consider using such a drug in a non-hospital setting where resuscitation measures were limited was plain and simple stupidity, or greed, depending on what Jackson was paying.
I hope this doctor is used as an example to others. Regardless of who the patient is or how much money is being offered, a doctor's first rule is to do no harm.
I don't know....
Maybe the doctor thought he could help save a sinking ship.
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ITA. To me, it just seems to illustrate that those who should have had his back were much more interested in making money off of him, & much less interested in possibly incurring his anger & insisting that he need professional help.