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NEWS ABOUT: anesthetic

anesthetic stories: 5 news summaries

 As Doc Snoozed, 
 Aide Killed Jacko 
 With Demerol: 
 Source 

Doctor was asleep as fatal dose was given

Aug 3, 09 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the race to figure out what—and who—killed Michael Jackson, the Sun declares itself the winner. A source tells the British tabloid that at Jackson's request, an aide gave him Demerol “but it was too soon after receiving the anesthetic” Propofol earlier in the day from... More »

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entertainment • drugs • celebrity • painkiller • Michael Jackson • anesthetic • Demerol • Conrad Murray • Katherine Jackson • celebrity death • Propofol

(AP) - A law-enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation into Michael Jackson's death says the star's personal doctor administered the powerful drug authorities believe killed him. Jackson regularly received the anesthetic Propofol to go to sleep. The official, who requested anonymity because the probe is ongoing, said today that Dr. Conrad... More »

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entertainment • overdose • manslaughter • Michael Jackson • anesthetic • Conrad Murray • celebrity death • Propofol

Drug Linked to Jackson Death Focus of Recall

Feds report about
40 bad reactions from patients around US

Jul 14, 09 7:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Add this to the tangle of drug-related reports surrounding Michael Jackson's death: Some lots of the potent sedative propofol are being recalled because of contamination, reports ProPublica. Vials of the anesthetic were reportedly found in Jackson's house, though the recall has been triggered not by Jackson's case but by bad... More »

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recall • Michael Jackson • anesthetic • Propofol • Diprivan • Teva Pharmaceuticals

Hot Sauce
Could Be the New Morphine

Chemical in chili peppers that burns
also numbs—for days

Oct 30, 07 11:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Doctors think they have a hot lead on an alternative to opioid pain killers like morphine: chili peppers. California-based researchers are dripping what is essentially a sterile version of hot sauce—containing capsaicin, the chemical that gives peppers their bite—directly into open wounds during surgery. Just like biting into... More »

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opioids • painkiller • morphine • anesthetic • chili peppers

Supreme Court Will Take Up Lethal Injection

Constitutionality at issue; docket also includes voting rights

Sep 25, 07 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court will take up the constitutionality of lethal injections in what a public defender called one of the most critical death penalty cases “in decades.” The challenge stems from a 2004 suit by two Kentucky inmates on death row who charged that the method constitutes cruel... More »

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death penalty • Kentucky • lethal injection • execution • Indiana • voting rights • death row • anesthetic • photo ID • US Supreme Court • constitutionality

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