Posted on Jun 2, 2016
WORLD | Medical examiner: Prince overdosed on fentanyl | Margaret Tazioli | June 2, 2016
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While it is sad news that Prince died from an accidental overdose of fentanyl which can be 50 times stronger than heroin, his death by an accidental overdose of an opioid helps focus national attention on the drug epidemic related to opioids.
two weeks before his death on April 21, he had called off concerts in Atlanta, saying he wasn’t feeling well. One week later, Prince’s plane made an emergency stop for medical treatment as he was returning from Atlanta. Apparently he received a shot of Narcan, an antidote used in suspected opioid overdoses. A week after that, he died in an elevator at his estate in Minneapolis.
"Medical examiner: Prince overdosed on fentanyl
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By MARGARET TAZIOLI
Posted June 2, 2016, 07:50 p.m.
Medical examiners confirmed today that Prince, a superstar with a reputation for clean living, was a victim of an accidental opioid overdose.
Based on investigation into the weeks leading up to his death, this medical report confirms what investigators suspected: The leading cause of accidental death in America has claimed yet another life.
But why had investigators already come to this conclusion?
For starters, two weeks before his death on April 21, Prince called off concerts in Atlanta, saying he wasn’t feeling well. Then, one week later, Prince’s plane made an emergency stop for medical treatment as he was returning from Atlanta. Anonymous sources told The Associated Press the superstar was unconscious on the plane and first responders gave him a shot of Narcan, an antidote used in suspected opioid overdoses. A week after that, 57-year-old singer died in an elevator at his estate in Minneapolis.
Another celebrity dying of an opioid overdose shines a spotlight on the grim reality this epidemic is creating in America.
Opiate dependence, involving opioid pain relievers, affects about 2.1 million people in the United States according to the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
Pain patients who have built up a tolerance to prescription pain relievers, or who have become addicted, sometimes seek out stronger drugs like heroin or fentanyl.
The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office found fentanyl in Prince’s autopsy. Fentanyl is a powerful opioid pain reliever that is up to 50 times more potent than heroin. Because of its risks, it is tightly controlled by the Food and Drug Administration.
Even still, the Drug Enforcement Administration reported more than 700 fentanyl-related overdoses in 2013 and 2014.
So perhaps we could say Prince deserves thanks for “dying 4 u” because it has sharply focused national attention once again on the other, on average, 80 people who die daily due to opiate overdoses." COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) Capt Christopher Mueller Capt Seid Waddell SMSgt Minister Gerald A. Thomas SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SSG Steven E. SSG Leo Bell PO2 Ed C. SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT Forrest Stewart SGT John " Mac " McConnell SGT Robert Hawks SGT Robert George SrA Christopher Wright SPC Corbin Sayi Kim Bolen RN CCM ACM
two weeks before his death on April 21, he had called off concerts in Atlanta, saying he wasn’t feeling well. One week later, Prince’s plane made an emergency stop for medical treatment as he was returning from Atlanta. Apparently he received a shot of Narcan, an antidote used in suspected opioid overdoses. A week after that, he died in an elevator at his estate in Minneapolis.
"Medical examiner: Prince overdosed on fentanyl
MUSIC
By MARGARET TAZIOLI
Posted June 2, 2016, 07:50 p.m.
Medical examiners confirmed today that Prince, a superstar with a reputation for clean living, was a victim of an accidental opioid overdose.
Based on investigation into the weeks leading up to his death, this medical report confirms what investigators suspected: The leading cause of accidental death in America has claimed yet another life.
But why had investigators already come to this conclusion?
For starters, two weeks before his death on April 21, Prince called off concerts in Atlanta, saying he wasn’t feeling well. Then, one week later, Prince’s plane made an emergency stop for medical treatment as he was returning from Atlanta. Anonymous sources told The Associated Press the superstar was unconscious on the plane and first responders gave him a shot of Narcan, an antidote used in suspected opioid overdoses. A week after that, 57-year-old singer died in an elevator at his estate in Minneapolis.
Another celebrity dying of an opioid overdose shines a spotlight on the grim reality this epidemic is creating in America.
Opiate dependence, involving opioid pain relievers, affects about 2.1 million people in the United States according to the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
Pain patients who have built up a tolerance to prescription pain relievers, or who have become addicted, sometimes seek out stronger drugs like heroin or fentanyl.
The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office found fentanyl in Prince’s autopsy. Fentanyl is a powerful opioid pain reliever that is up to 50 times more potent than heroin. Because of its risks, it is tightly controlled by the Food and Drug Administration.
Even still, the Drug Enforcement Administration reported more than 700 fentanyl-related overdoses in 2013 and 2014.
So perhaps we could say Prince deserves thanks for “dying 4 u” because it has sharply focused national attention once again on the other, on average, 80 people who die daily due to opiate overdoses." COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) Capt Christopher Mueller Capt Seid Waddell SMSgt Minister Gerald A. Thomas SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SSG Steven E. SSG Leo Bell PO2 Ed C. SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT Forrest Stewart SGT John " Mac " McConnell SGT Robert Hawks SGT Robert George SrA Christopher Wright SPC Corbin Sayi Kim Bolen RN CCM ACM
WORLD | Medical examiner: Prince overdosed on fentanyl | Margaret Tazioli | June 2, 2016
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LTC Stephen F.
The dead rest either in peaceful bliss or in eternal torment SSG Pete Fleming. Those of us who are living can prosper from the mistakes of others and hopefully we can help others along the way.
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SSG Pete Fleming
LTC Stephen F. - I agree with helping others, I don't understand this need, nothing against you, but our need as people, to keep digging into the deaths of a famous person. They died, let them be. Let's see how to keep the living among us let the dead rest in piece.
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LTC Stephen F.
SSG Pete Fleming - I shared this article because it was a part of the Christian World News magazine that I have been reading since the early 1990s which has a different perspective from the bulk of the news magazines.
Since I have complete access I post the entire article.
Since I have complete access I post the entire article.
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SGT Robert George
Unfortunately the average person that dies from pain meds wont make headlines or have an impact as a famous person thus providing a learning tool !!!
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This is a pandemic in our country. Fentanyl is often used for pain control. However it has made its way into the streets and is often utilized to add to the opioid to potentiate the high. Powerful stuff! Unfortunately, we lose to many of these musicians to this disease.
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SGT Robert George
Kimberly , you've probably witnessed more than your share of these incidents in the ER ...
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