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In a statement released Friday (August 28), the Los Angeles County Coroner's office announced the official cause of Michael Jackson's death, citing "acute propofol intoxication"
the leading factor in the singer's June 25 passing. With police still investigating the singer's death, the coroner's office is withholding the final autopsy report pending the completion of the police probe.Propofol has been at the center of many of the investigations that have taken place in the wake of the singer's death in June.The very potent drug, also known as Diprivan, is administered intravenously as a general anesthetic used to sedate patients for surgery and is only available to medical personnel."This is only meant for use in anesthesia and [administering it as a sleep aid]. It's like giving someone chemotherapy so they don't have to shave their head," veteran anesthesiologist Dr. John F. Dombrowski — who has not treated Jackson and has no information about the case, but has used propofol often in his practice —told MTV News last month. "It's one purpose is as an anesthetic, to induce that sleepy feeling, and when I run it as an IV drip, I can keep you asleep, and when I turn it off, you are quickly awake. It works in 30 seconds or so, and it is out of your system quickly when I turn it off."Dombrowski said the drug is so powerful that it is critical to have someone in attendance who has the ability to rescue you should your breathing cease or some other critical failure occur, which is why the drug is only used in operating rooms and in doctor's offices where providers are on hand to support patients and intervene should something go wrong. "It is never used outside a medical setting during a procedure," he said. "And it is never used as a sleeping aid. I've never heard of that in my 16 years of
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