Michael Jackson begged for Propofol

Dr. Conrad Murray told police following the death of his patient Michael Jackson, that the singer not only begged for Propofol on the morning that he died but that he had a habit of ‘pushing the drugs himself and that other doctors allowed him to do this’.

As incredible as this sounds, the preliminary trial is now getting a glimpse at how the defense plans to excuse the conduct of a medical professional who knowingly administered a highly dangerous drug outside a normal hospital setting and covered up how and who was being administered the drug by insisting drug deliveries occur at a separate home setting.

Now records and testimony clearly seem to show that Dr. Conrad Murray took what appears to be coverup precautions when he had a pharmacy delivery hundreds of bottles of the dangerous medication Propofol to his ex-mistress’s apartment. He had the forethought not to have the medication delivered to his clinics. One may wonder WHY have such an elaborate delivery scheme in place if you were not trying to cover up a delivery and paper trial and that one knowingly knew there were serious issues regarding how the drug was going to be administered.

Testimony has stated that over a dozen bottles were found at MJ’s home but hundreds were delivered so where are the rest? Were these used or has authorities found the remaining bottles?

Testimony provided so far seems to indicate that the doctor did not provide proper supervision/monitoring when administering this lethal dose of drugs but delayed calling authorities and tried removing evidence both prior to emergency crew arrival and during their attempt to save the singer.

To mount a defense after the fact, the good doctor provided several hours of testimony to detectives who were trying to piece together what happened. So this is where the victim becomes the culprit and of course he is dead and can’t dispute the claim directly.

According to interview testimony, Dr. Murray told police that MJ was so desperate for sleep that he was getting anesthetic injections in his bedroom six nights a week. Six weeks….we ask ….if this is true….is that not indication to the doctor that maybe an addiction issue exists and that by feeding this he makes himself nothing more than a back alley drug dealer. When you are being paid $150,000 per month I guess it is easier than having to conduct business in a back alley.

Dr. Conrad Murray’s interview two days after Jackson’s death in June 2009 led police back to the singer’s mansion, where they ultimately found 12 vials of propofol. It was a small fraction of the 255 vials a Las Vegas pharmacist said he shipped Murray in the nearly three months before Jackson’s death. So again we ask ….where is the rest of the boatload of drugs ordered by this doctor?

The interview also provided detectives with a details on the drug coctail ultimately found throughout Jackson’s system, including the anesthetic propofol and the sedatives lorazepam and midazolam.

Detective Orlando Martinez testified that Murray told police that he didn’t give Jackson anything that should have killed him. (Well maybe not if he was actually being monitored but it seems he was not since the doctor admitted to going to the bathroom and phone records indicate a lot of cell phone activity during the crucial time his patient was dying).

So how did the doctor take care of his ‘demanding drug addicted patient’. Well according to his testimony he rubbed the singer’s feet and put skin lotion on his back, gave him doses of sedatives and when they didn’t work, turned down the music in his bedroom and told Jackson to meditate. Unfortunately according to Murray MJ was still awake (try turning off the music….) so when the singer grew frustrated, repeatedly telling the doctor that he would have to cancel the planned series of 50 comeback concerts in London because he couldn’t sleep and that he wanted his “milk,” which the detective said Murray told him was how Jackson referred to Propofol, the doctor did what every good doctor does….injects more powerful drugs and then gets distracted not monitoring his vital signs (oh an yes…without any much-needed equipment).

Murray then told detectives that at 10:40 a.m. (nearly 10 hours after returning to his mansion after a rehearsal a prosecutor described as “fabulous”) Murray gave Jackson a 25 milligram dose of Propofol. It was half his usual dose. Murray said he watched the singer for a few minutes, then made a long walk to a bathroom.

When he returned, Jackson wasn’t breathing. Murray told the detective he was “stunned.” Guess what we could use other words….”incompetent”, “reckless”…

He immediately tried to start saving Jackson, but told Martinez he didn’t call 911 himself. “He said he was caring for his patient and he did not want to neglect him,” Martinez testified. We guess that was the time he was administering CPR for the first time in his professional life and doing it wrong.

Paramedics would not be called until 12:21 p.m., and Murray was making calls for much of the 11 o’clock hour, phone records presented during the five-day hearing show. For Murray, such a timeline demonstrates caring for his patient.

Neither prosecutors nor Murray’s defense attorney on Monday addressed the apparent discrepancies in the police version of the doctor’s interview and other evidence. They also did not say whether most of the Propofol that Murray ordered was used, although the doctor told Martinez he had been giving Jackson 50 milligrams of propofol six nights a week for roughly two months. We would like to seriously know where the rest of the boatload of drugs ordered ended up.

Whether or not Jackson had a history of drug use or demanded drugs does not seem to excuse the fact that this doctor not only seemed to violate any ethical standard as a doctor in buying and administering these drugs in such an unconvential manner (even if his patient did not die) but the lack of monitoring and coverup is beyond disturbing. Now to base a defense on a patient who is one minute out cold and than state that a patient could wake up alert enough that within a minute period (remember this is when Murray was in the bathroom) could have the ability to wake up and either push a drug or drink a drug seems ridiculous.

If a human being didn’t die because of this …it would almost seem laughable but someone did. We know the defense has to mount a case to find reasonable doubt but come on…

Let us know what you think.