Michael Jackson was plagued with bad memories of sham trials for child molestation and constant media scrutiny, which created insomnia. Still, his extraordinary level of sleeplessness was somewhat puzzling (I don't know why he didn't just put on a Madonna album, as that level of boredom would have put him right to sleep).

Investigators discovered a bottle with 15 pills in his home that are a combination of caffeine (200 mg), ephedrine (25mg) and aspirin (80mg). Wow! That will have you dancing on the ceiling like Lionel Richie.

In short, it sounds like uppers. Many celebrities take pills to sleep and uppers to get going in the morning, as the sleeping pills produce significant drowsiness that can last well into the next day, especially if taken in the AM hours, as entertainers are known to go to bed late.

Being sleepy the next day will hinder any potential work, so they take uppers to stimulate them and get them going. However, said stimulants also stimulate the heart, which is dangerous.

Add Propofol and the other pharmaceutical drugs he took that day and it is a recipe for death. Any doctor worth his salt would know that. Why Dr. Murray persisted in administering all these meds should be answered in a court of law, as it is egregious. It is the equivalent of being poisoned.

Michael Jackson -- Strong Stimulant Found

Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:00AM - ...The bottle, which had no label, contained 13 tablets. Each tablet had a combination of ephedrine, caffeine and aspirin. The commercial sale of ephedrine -- a stimulant designed for weight loss -- is banned in the U.S. because of reports of heart attacks, strokes and even death.

Each pill contained 25 mg of ephedrine, 200 mg of caffeine and 80 mg of aspirin. The caffeine alone in each pill is equivalent to nearly a 6-pack of Coca-Cola...
 
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