Michael Jackson update is a doozy: Report details the drugs given on day he died to help him sleep

I’m not on the Michael Jackson bandwagon covering each and every little thing about his death.

God knows we’ve got thousands of other people with far more resources to do that. But this breaking news item on the LATimes website just jumped out at me and I am just astounded my the amount of drugs this “doctor” administered to Jackson on the day of his death – all so he could fall asleep!

It is sickening.

Here are some of the details:

According to the search warrant, Jackson’s doctor, Conrad Murray, told LAPD detectives that he had been treating Jackson for insomnia for about six weeks. He had been giving Jackson 50 milligrams of propofol every night using an intravenous line, according to the court records.

But Murray told detectives that he feared Jackson was forming an addiction and began trying to wean the pop star off the drugs. He lowered the dosage to 25 milligrams and mixed it with two other sedatives, lorazepam and midazolam. On June 23, two days before Jackson’s death, he administered two medications and withheld the propofol.

On the morning Jackson died, Murray tried to induce sleep without using propofol, according to the affidavit. He said he gave Jackson valium at 1:30 a.m. When that didn’t work, he said he injected lorazepam intravenously at 2 a.m. At 3 a.m., when Jackson was still awake, Murray administered midazolam.

Over the next few hours, Murray said he gave Jackson various drugs. Then at 10:40 a.m., Murray administered 25 milligrams of propofol after Jackson repeatedly demanded the drug, according to the court record.

Murray has already acknowledged obtaining and administering the powerful anesthetic propofol to Jackson the morning that he died. In an interview with police, Murray told them that he left Jackson alone under the influence of the medication to make telephone calls to his Houston office and family members.

When he returned, he discovered Jackson not breathing. He performed CPR, and one of Jackson’s staff members called 911.