Former Michael Jackson nurse, Cherilyn Lee, who specializes in herbal or alternative medicine, is telling anyone who will listen that her friend was not a prescription drug addict.
She claims Michael was simply an insomniac, a tormented soul who just wanted to get a good night’s sleep.
She also claims that Michael recently begged her for Diprivan, a powerful short-acting sedative that is only administered intravenously in a medical facility. This was her proof that Mike only needed a little rest.
Nevermind that there are many powerful sedatives available by prescription that don’t require starting an IV every time they’re administered.
Note to Cherilyn: We don’t believe you!
People don’t spend $48,000 a month on sleeping pills. And they don’t obtain thousands of scripts using aliases and employee’s names unless they’re addicts. Good try though.
From TMZ.com:
Michael Jackson used a slew of aliases to score prescription meds, and we know the two names that could unlock the key to gross abuse by Jackson and some prominent doctors.
We’ve learned Jackson frequently used the names Omar Arnold and Jack London to get powerful drugs, including Demerol. Jackson also used the name of one of his bodyguards, as well as the name of the office manager for one of his doctors.
The DEA, which is joining to assist the LAPD in its investigation of several doctors who prescribed drugs to Jackson, will be hunting down these names and others.
Sources tell us the prescription abuse was so egregious, one doctor would call the pharmacy and say Jackson was coming down to get Demerol. The pharmacy would then fill the prescription, leaving the patient’s name blank.
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