Michael Jackson Took 10,000 Pills in Six Months

When attorney Brian Oxman said Michael Jackson's enablers were plying him with so much prescription pills that the Anna Nicole Smith case would seem tame, he wasn't joking.

The Enquirer is reporting that Michael ingested more than 10,000 pills (no, that's not a typo) during the last six months of his life - which adds up to be about 50 pills a day. Roughly.

Police sources told the tabloid Michael was taking 30 different types of drugs “for a variety of real and imagined”. Those source have disclosed a list of those drugs.

The list include:
Sedatives: Diprivam Ramelteon, Zaleplon, Eszopiclone,
Painkillers: Oxycontin, Demerol, Percocet, Palladone;
Antidepressants: Luvox, Prozac;
Stimulants: Dexedrine, Aminorex, Desoxyn, Didrez;
Anti-inflammtory: Celebrex;
Bladder Control: Ditropan;
Skin Bleaching Agent: Hydroquinone;
Blood Pressure: Diovan; and
Diuretic: Hydrodiuril.

While a “large quantity” of Diprivan was recovered, “there were also countless vitamins, over-the-counter sleep aids, weight-loss pills, energy pills and supplements of all kinds” the close source told the Enquirer.

Syringes and intravenous solutions were also found at Michael’s rented mansion, according to the source. “Investigations have learned that bags of IV fluids were used twice daily,” said the source.

“Confidential informants have disclosed Jackson began taking meds intravenously for faster absorption and less impact on his liver and kidneys, which had already been damaged by excessive drug use.”

“Michael Jackson’s drug hoard was extremely lethal - enough to kill a person many times over,” declared Dr. Mary Ann Malloy, a nationally known cardiologist based in Chicago who never treated Michael.

“Whatever doctors prescribed these drugs for him - or procured them for him illegally - would certainly be wide open to charges of malpractice and even criminal manslaughter.”

Uh-oh. Somebody is going to jail.


Source: National Enquirer, July 20, 2009, print edition.