The forensic institute of Minnesota said the death was “accidental” and that was due to fetanyl, a strong painkiller.
the Prince singer died of an overdose of a strong painkiller , said the Forensic Institute in Minnesota after making the autopisia.
the death of singer 57 years was an “accident” caused by the self-medication fetanyl a strong painkiller whose effects are compared with morphine, the agency said in a statement.
Prince was found without vital signs last April 21 in his studies of Minneapolis.
the pop star gave his last concert in Atlanta, Georgia, in early April, after having previously canceled two presentations in that city in southeastern US for health problems.
back in Minneapolis after the concert, his private plane had to make an emergency landing in Illinois because of ailments linked to a persistent flu.
According to AP, the names of at least two doctors have emerged amid police investigation by the Sheriff’s Office Carver County, the Attorney General of Minnesota and DEA.
The family doctor Michael Todd Schulenberg treated Prince on two occasions before his death and said he had prescribed drugs to the singer, although it is unknown what type.
Schulenberg saw Prince on 7 and 20 April, that is, just one day before he was found dead.
it is also known that representatives of Prince asked for help to Dr. Howard Kornfeld, specialist-based addictions in California.
An “epidemic”
There are figures that warn about the severity of addiction to pain medications in the United States. Between 1999 and 2014, more than 165,000 people have died in the country opiate overdose, according to records from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, for its acronym in English).
that figure even exceeds deaths from traffic accidents has led President Barack Obama to catalog this addiction as an “epidemic” .
From Atlanta (Georgia), in late March the president said that combating this dependence has been a “priority” for his government. “I think people either do not yet understand the dimensions of this problem,” he said and called for more funds to find a treatment is earmarked.
A few days earlier, the CDC had submitted 12 recommendations for prescribing opioids. They highlighted three key principles: that treatments without opioids are preferred to treat chronic pain; that when used, the lowest dose that is effective to reduce the risk of overdose is prescribed; and that doctors monitor their patients.
Just this week, the Bureau of Food and Drug Administration US (FDA, for its acronym in English) unveiled the most innovative treatment there so far. an implant administering a small dose of a drug to the body and helps reduce anxiety and symptoms of opiate withdrawal
until then, only they knew two medical strategies based on the use of Buprenorphine (compound doctor) adopted to combat this addiction: a pill and a thin film that is placed under the tongue or in the cheek to dissolve. Any alternative should be applied daily, while the action of the implant lasts six months.
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