MY CONVERSATION WITH AN ANESTHESIOLIST ABOUT MICHAEL JACKSON AND THE PROPOPHOL/DIPRIVAN RUMORS
Sunday, July 5, 2009 at 06:00PM 
Propophol AKA Diprivan
Rumor has it, Michael Jackson's live-in doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray, gave Michael an powerful anesthesia called Diprivan or Propohol. This weekend, I chatted with my friend, a practicing anesthesiologist about the drug. He shared some interesting information with me that I haven't heard reported yet.
My doc friend says that ONLY anesthesiologists are trained to use the drug, even ER doctors don't know how to use diprivan. When he was a resident and there was an emergency, the ER would call him to administer the drug to a patient. Dr. Conrad Murray was NOT an anesthesiologist. How the heck did he even know how to give the drug if the allegations are true?
My friend also says that Diprivan causes a person to stop breathing and so that when it's administered, the doctor must move the jaw in a way so that breathing can resume, or the person must be hooked up to oxygen. Also, the "sleep" only lasts about 8 minutes; it doesn't provide the kind of natural sleep that Michael was apparently seeking.
Another interesting note is that the drug is a milky white substance. When opened, it turns yellow within several hours. If the drug was really found in the home, as reports say, it will be interesting to see if they were opened bottles that contained the yellow substance or if the bottles were unopened.
Conrad Murray, IV, anesthesia, diprivan, narcotics, pharmacy, propophol in Michael Jackson 
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Undoubtedly, the household maintained a far too casual approach to drugs. The question remains, why would the doctor jeopardize a cash stream such as MJ?
I had out-patient sinus surgery to correct a mechanical problem today and propohol was used. While in recovery and after I had awakened, my blood pressure started to drop and drop and finally the nurse had to call the anesthesiologist. I'm sitting home and writing this comment because a professional reacted in no way another doctor or nurse would have which likely would have been to administer another medication. He immediately gave me a sip of some apple juice and had me eat a graham cracker and take a puff on a Qvar inhaler. Mind you my oxygen level never dropped below 100 nor did my breathing get shallow. It was that simple - who would have known ?