What is Propofol? Propofol, also called Diprivan, is a short acting intravenous anesthetic used to put patients to sleep during hospital procedures. It is not intended for home use, because of the usual lack of equipment required for emergency resuscitation. Murray told detectives that he was treating Jackson for insomnia by giving him 50 mg of propofol, via an intravenous drip, each night, but lowered the dosage to 25 mg and combined it with other drugs in an attempt to wean Jackson off the propofol.
Jackson doesn't respond to resuscitation attempts and dies the same day. July 22, - Houston police serve a search warrant on Murray's clinic and a storage unit. August 24, - After reviewing toxicology results, the Los Angeles coroner makes a preliminary conclusion that an overdose of the drug propofol is responsible for Jackson's death. August 28, - The Los Angeles coroner's report declares Jackson's death a homicide , due to the number of drugs in his system.
August - Murray closes his Las Vegas clinic due to death threats and financial problems. November 20, - Murray resumes practice at his Houston clinic. February 8, - Surrenders to authorities in Los Angeles and is arraigned in Los Angeles County Superior Court on a charge of involuntary manslaughter. As part of his bond, Murray is allowed to practice medicine but must not administer any anesthesia to patients. June 14, — A judge in Los Angeles rules that Murray can continue to practice medicine in California.
June — Nevada restricts scope of medical practice to exclude anesthesia. November 7, — After deliberating for 10 hours and seven minutes, the jury finds Murray guilty of involuntary manslaughter. November 29, — Murray receives the maximum sentence, four years, in the death of Jackson.
December 4, — Notice is filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court that Murray will appeal his involuntary manslaughter conviction.
January 27, — Murray files a request to be released on his own recognizance or on bail while awaiting appeal. Reports indicate that the two men soon became friends and, as Jackson began making plans for his upcoming concert tour, he hired Dr. Jackson's motivation to bring Murray aboard, though, may have had less to do with friendship and more to do with the singer's own complicated reliance on prescription medicine. Following Jackson's death, police discovered more than 20 prescriptions inside his rented Holmby Hills home, including methadone, fentanyl, percocet, dilaudid and vicodin.
By all accounts, Jackson had become an insomniac and had pushed for the use of propofol, an anesthetic, to help him rest. Along with a mix of other drugs Jackson used to go to bed, he often referred to the concoction as his "milk" or "liquid sleep.
Cherilyn Lee, a registered nurse and nutritionist whom Jackson employed, told ABC News that the singer begged her to buy more of the drug for him. She refused. You don't want that. Murray, however, was another matter. While court documents showed he never actually purchased the drug for Jackson, over the course of the six weeks he worked for him, the doctor administered a nightly intravenous drip of propofol—despite his concerns that Jackson may be addicted to the drug.
That was the case on June 25, , when Jackson, exhausted from a long rehearsal session at the Staples Center in Los Angeles that went past midnight, returned home and tried to get some rest. A familiar routine followed, with Murray hooking up his client to an IV in order to administer the propofol.
Murray also gave Jackson lorazepam, an anti-anxiety medicine, and midazolam, a muscle relaxant. According to records, the doctor then left Jackson's side for a few minutes to go to the bathroom. When he returned he found the singer with a weak pulse and had stopped breathing. Reportedly, Murray immediately started applying CPR to revive the singer.
In addition, in what has garnered plenty of controversies, Dr. Murray also administered another drug, flumazenil, to try to offset the sedatives already circulating in Jackson's body. Some experts have said Murray's use of this additional medicine may have actually exacerbated the problems propofol had caused. While questions remain about Dr. According to CNN , Murray had been treating Jackson for insomnia and reported that he'd given Jackson three kinds of anti-anxiety medication lorazepam, midazolam, and diazepam hours before he stopped breathing as well as a dose of the anesthetic Propofol, diluted with lidocaine, shortly before he stopped breathing.
Murray went to trial in September of , pleading not guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter. Six weeks later, the trial ended and Murray was declared guilty and received the maximum sentence of four years in jail.
As reported by CNN , he served two years of his sentence, receiving an early release for good behavior.
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