Michael Jackson's Ghost Spooks Propofol Maker Teva
Michael Jackson's Ghost Spooks Propofol Maker Teva
The worldwide scorn directed at those closest to Michael Jackson in his final days may have extended to the drug Propofol and its Irvine-based maker, which announced it is laying off 200 employees this year after having already let go 70 workers.
Teva Pharmaceuticals maintains it already discontinued the hypnotic drug--not because of Jackson's death, but because Propofol was hard to manufacture, the company got little or no profit from it and there were pending lawsuits tied to it.
Risks from the nonmedical use of Propofol were greatly exposed when the Los Angeles County coroner concluded in August 2009 that the King of Pop died from a mixture of Propofol--nicknamed "Milk of Amnesia"--and the benzodiazepine drug Lorazepam. Ten bottles of Propofol were found in Jackson's home.
Propofol and Teva, which is headquartered in Israel, have had a rocky relationship. The company previously halted production and recalled some Propofol in 2009 after 41 patients fell ill with flu-like symptoms. That fueled several of the lawsuits.
Teva announced it will kill 195 of its Irvine jobs by Feb. 6, according to an Orange County Register report.
"Our Irvine, California, facility has been under a voluntary manufacturing and distribution hold since April 2010," said Denise Bradley, Teva spokeswoman in a company statement. "Prior to this reduction, we have not laid off any employees as a result of this voluntary production hold. The jobs that are being eliminated are all various production jobs and support staff at the facility."'
They should moonwalk out to their cars.
http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2011/01/michael_jackson_propofol_teva.php
The worldwide scorn directed at those closest to Michael Jackson in his final days may have extended to the drug Propofol and its Irvine-based maker, which announced it is laying off 200 employees this year after having already let go 70 workers.
Teva Pharmaceuticals maintains it already discontinued the hypnotic drug--not because of Jackson's death, but because Propofol was hard to manufacture, the company got little or no profit from it and there were pending lawsuits tied to it.
Risks from the nonmedical use of Propofol were greatly exposed when the Los Angeles County coroner concluded in August 2009 that the King of Pop died from a mixture of Propofol--nicknamed "Milk of Amnesia"--and the benzodiazepine drug Lorazepam. Ten bottles of Propofol were found in Jackson's home.
Propofol and Teva, which is headquartered in Israel, have had a rocky relationship. The company previously halted production and recalled some Propofol in 2009 after 41 patients fell ill with flu-like symptoms. That fueled several of the lawsuits.
Teva announced it will kill 195 of its Irvine jobs by Feb. 6, according to an Orange County Register report.
"Our Irvine, California, facility has been under a voluntary manufacturing and distribution hold since April 2010," said Denise Bradley, Teva spokeswoman in a company statement. "Prior to this reduction, we have not laid off any employees as a result of this voluntary production hold. The jobs that are being eliminated are all various production jobs and support staff at the facility."'
They should moonwalk out to their cars.
http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2011/01/michael_jackson_propofol_teva.php
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Definitley worth looking into more.
I recall Fleak at the prelim saying she -at the time in 09- had no idea what propofol was,and tbh I don't think the rest of the world did either.There have only been a handful of deaths related back to an overdose/misusage of this drug,if that..I think it is about 2/3 people and that was down to self injecting and one case was due to intoxication from 100+injections of the liquid.
There is little to nothing really known about propofol before this happened.I had never heard of it and had to google the effects when Michael 'died' from it so I wonder what these numerous 'pending law suits' are against the company.
I can see several where from people getting the flu or something from it but other than that...what other law suits could be tied to it?
Heart Attack Victim Moved for Michael Jackson
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A woman who had suffered a massive heart attack died after hospital personnel moved her out of a trauma room to accommodate a flu-stricken Michael Jackson, the patient's family said.
Jury selection in Jackson's child molestation child had to be temporarily postponed Feb. 15 when the pop star was taken to Marian Medical Center in Santa Maria, Calif., complaining of flu-like symptoms. Manuela Gomez Ruiz, a 74-year-old grandmother, was moved from the primary trauma room and taken off the machine ventilator, with her breathing instead assisted manually by hand pump, until she was relocated to a smaller room nearby, her family told ABC News.
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what kind of operationa did you have that you had to take this drug propofol?
i never heard of it untill this thing with michael .
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She also said something about feeling really drowsy when coming round from it and there was no way she could have done anything let alone inject herself with more.
http://www.ennislaw.com/propofol_liposyn_recall_news_archive.html
That's strange. I have been put down with propofol once for my knee surgery and I was gone in 2 seconds and awake even faster. Not sleepy and not drowsy at all. It was like I had never been away and I wanted to get out of bed and eat.
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."Well she is a non believer,she might have been lying to prove the whole Michael died at the hands of Murray BS,i'm just trying to find the note on fb now.LIKELY.
I'm allergic to anaesthetic and have to be strapped down because I fit/fight the surgeons and take my socks and heart monitor's off and all kinds haha!I end up in a room on my own.
I might ask for prop fool for this knee surgery I have to have soon and report back on my reactions,i'll tell them it's all the rage in Holland
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"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."Yea Souza, I think there are a couple of ways they give it and one of them the patient gets a shot of something else first (don't know what that is) and then Propofol will maintain the anesthesia. The other is straight dosing,(which my son had to maintain his coma longer to heal his brain, and yep, soon as it came off after days on it he was wide awake in what seemed like seconds.
Non's.....pfftt...what can you do..