[drexigordiche]

THURSDAY, June 25, 2009 (Health.com) — Iconic pop star Michael Jackson suffered a cardiac arrest and died on Thursday at the age of 50. Details of his death are still emerging, but friends and relatives say they have been concerned about Jackson’s use of prescription painkillers.
Brian Oxman, the Jackson family spokesman and attorney, told CNN that people surrounding Jackson were “enabling” him in his use of medications. Jackson had suffered a number of injuries, including a broken vertebra and a broken leg sustained in a fall on stage, Oxman said.
“If you think the case of Anna Nicole Smith was an abuse, it is nothing in comparison to what we have seen taking place in Michael Jackson’s life,” Oxman told CNN.
“I do not know the extent of the medications that he was taking, but the reports that we have been receiving in the family is that it was extensive,” he said. “This is something which I feared and it is something that I warned about.”
Douglas Zipes, MD, a distinguished professor at the Indiana University Medical Center and past president of the American College of Cardiology, says that drug abuse can contribute to a cardiac arrest.
“Certainly drugs, in someone like Michael Jackson, have to considered,” he says. “We know that drugs like cocaine and amphetamines can trigger a cardiac arrest by themselves, and the summation of multiple drugs could ultimately result in a cardiac arrest.”
Jackson may have been underweight as well. He reportedly weighed 120 pounds in 2003. At 5’10” or 5’11” (reports vary), he would have had a body mass index of 16 or 17, and anything below 18.5 is considered underweight.
In recent months, friends and relatives had described Jackson as even more frail. Filmmaker Bryan Michael Stoller, who visited Jackson in April, told People, “I hugged him and it was like hugging bones.” And a fan who recently met Michael Jackson at a tour rehearsal reportedly wrote in an email this week, “He is a skeleton.”

[janeseymore09092]

it doesnt explain how cardiac arrest is deadlier than heart attack

[DoctoBuntonTen]

it doesnt explain how cardiac arrest is deadlier than heart attack

They are emphasizing that drug abuse can cause cardiac arrest and is deadly.

[pharmablogger]

people dont die from a heart attack. you either die from respiratory arrest or cardiac arrest. now there are factors that can help facilite those

[Janarealiti]

people dont die from a heart attack. you either die from respiratory arrest or cardiac arrest. now there are factors that can help facilite those

I guess you will know better cuz you been training paramedics.

[Jadykeery]

now what will be interesting to see will be the tox report. if he was overdosed on demoral, then like morphine, too much will cause your breathing to slow way down and eventually your heart to stop

[Mearticbaibre]

Heart attack is a layman's term compared to respiratory arrest.

[Hammaduersnes]

see and thats part of my problem. the medical community wants to educate the public, but they dont do it correctly.

[slimsex]

Usually the community is interesed in just the basics and they are not into all the medical jargons.

[truck]

Usually the community is interesed in just the basics and they are not into all the medical jargons.

they could "bubba" proof it...

[gvataler]

Nobody educated me about any medical stuff. Its all through sheer reading and the govt should play their part too by offerring free screening, talks etc.

[blodwarttufla]

i will agree with you on that one. i know where i live we have a huge medical community/center. they are offering free health seminars and screenings.

[dogdesign]

Heart attack is a layman's term compared to respiratory arrest.

heart attack is the layman's term for myocardial infarction...

[fkjghfg]

now what will be interesting to see will be the tox report. if he was overdosed on demoral, then like morphine, too much will cause your breathing to slow way down and eventually your heart to stop

The news says he was injected with demoral abt an hour before he lost consciousness.

[tofRobbroolve]

The news says he was injected with demoral abt an hour before he lost consciousness.

i read that

[Ferkilort]

One nonce out of the way, who cares?

[Viafdrear]

One nonce out of the way, who cares?

I love how people are quick to call dude a pedo but, he was never convicted and unless you were there you don't know the facts. It's called benefit of the doubt. Dude was an eccentric millionaire with lots of psychological problems I'll give him that but I'm not going to jump on this bandwagon.

[GueseVekdet]

heart attack is the layman's term for myocardial infarction...

That is correct.