DEMEROL

“ The drug that killed a legend”

What exactly is this drug?

Demerol is a narcotic pain reliever.  It’s generic name is meperidine, which is the same thing as Demerol.  THIS DRUG IS VERY SIMILAR TO MORPHINE! Demerol is used to treat moderate-to-severe pain and is a very strong pain reliever which makes it a top candidate for drug abuse.

*Since this drug is a narcotic, it does have some serious effects!

The most common side effects that comes with Demerol are dizziness, light-headedness, nausea, sedation, sweating, vomiting.  You are supposed to take Demerol exactly as your doctor prescribed it.  If you overdose on it, serious side effects can occur such as:

Slow, shallow breathing, slow heartbeat (in MJ’s case, cardiac arrest)

Seizure

Confusion

Severe weakness or dizziness

Feeling light headed, fainting

Clearly, if you do overdose on Demerol, it could be fatal.

How did the King of Pop die from Demerol?

Demerol can be taken by either a pill or by injection.

After Michael had a shot of Demerol, “he started to experience slow breathing”, as stated by a Jacko source.  This, of course, is one side effect of Demerol.  “His breathing gradually got slower and slower until it stopped.” Michael Jackson died of a cardiac arrest.  A cardiac arrest occurs when the heart stops pumping blood. With no pumping action, the blood pressure decreases and blood is no longer forced into the muscles and organs of the body.  Since there is no blood circulating around the body, no blood gets to the heart which shuts down the whole body.  The cardiac arrest was started because of his shot of Demerol.  His injection of Demerol was stated, “Way too much” by TMZ.  They stated he received an injection of Demerol daily.

In the end Michael Jackson took daily injections of Demerol that were way too much for his body to handle, and as a result his heart could not handle the injections and it gave up on him.

Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958 and he passed away on June 25, 2009.  Michael Jackson will always be remembered.

TMZ’s latest report (June 29th) indicates Michael Jackson’s body was in terrible shape and he had only pills in his stomach when he died, according to a report out of London.

Jackson’s hips, thighs and shoulders were riddled with needle wounds, The Sun is reporting. The paper — which claims to have details of the autopsy — is saying Jackson was bald at the time of his death and suffered several broken ribs, probably from the failed attempts to revive him.

There were four “injection sites” found above or near his heart, according to the paper, where rescue workers reportedly shot adrenaline into his heart in an attempt to restart it.

Further Reading:

PopeaterDrugs.com

Gawker

Tagged as: celebrity, death, demerol, drug of the month, jordan langro, king of pop, michael jackson, pain killers