Prince’s opioids played a big role after he died
The 57-year-old singer was found dead April 21 at his Minneapolis-area estate, tests show Prince died of an opioid overdose.
Prince’s death was one of the biggest issues only to think twice as it came less than a week after his plane made an emergency stop in Moline, Illinois, for medical treatment.
After returning from an Atlanta concert, official press said that Prince was found unconscious on the plane with first responders gave him a shot of Narcan, an antidote used in suspected opioid overdoses.
According to police were two doctors names have come up in the death investigation being conducted by the Carver County Sheriff’s Office, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Dr. Michael Todd Schulenberg, a family practitioner, treated Prince twice in the weeks before his death and told investigators he prescribed medications for the singer. The medications were not specified in a search warrant for the Minnesota hospital that employed Schulenberg at the time.
Schulenberg saw Prince April 7 and April 20 — the day before his death -according to the warrant, but Schulenberg’s attorney has declined to comment on the case.
Prince’s death came two weeks after he canceled concerts in Atlanta, saying he wasn’t feeling well. The superstar had a reputation for his fashion and music, according to some friends said to tje press, never saw any sign of drug use. Only longtime friend and collaborator Sheila E. has told the press, that Prince had physical issues from performing, citing hip and knee problems that she said came from years of jumping off risers and stage speakers in heels.
Prince’s opioids played a big role after he died, a law enforcement official told to sources, that investigators were examining whether an overdose was to blame and whether a doctor had prescribed him drugs in the preceding weeks.
