http://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-details-on-princes-death-alleged-painkiller-addiction/

Ignoring a few bits and pieces of that article that don't need to be in it. I now have questions here.

Mauzy said Prince's representatives told Howard Kornfeld that the singer was "dealing with a grave medical emergency." He declined Wednesday to detail the emergency, and also declined to identify the doctor.

So it was a doctor that called?

Mauzy said Dr. Kornfeld hoped to get Prince "stabilized in Minnesota and convince him to come to Recovery Without Walls in Mill Valley. That was the plan."

Stuart Gitlow, an addiction medicine expert speaking without direct knowledge of Prince's case, questioned whether Howard Kornfeld and his son acted appropriately.

"If a physician feels that a patient is having an emergency, his obligation is to call an ambulance and get the patient to emergency personnel who can assess the situation - not to fly to the patient," Gitlow said.

"It's not routine for doctors to fly across the country to start people on buprenorphine," said Gitlow, a past president of the American Society of Addiction Medicine and a faculty member of the University of Florida. "That's something that can be handled locally."


Is this true or just local snubbery?

CHARGE EVERYBODY!!!!

Well now. I'd like to get the story straight first.

I think we'd all appreciate it if one of us just bullet-pointed the scraps of info we have so far.

Actually there is a thread for this.

My prediction is that this event will be a watershed moment for understanding addiction, opiates , treatment et al...Politicians, specialists , fans are understandably upset as this ine prob didnt have to happen ,,further , if it can happen to Preince, the rest of us mere mortals dont stand a chance.

There were also reports though that Prince had gone to a hospital on Wednesday and had seen a doctor. If that's true, it alters the speculation a bit. I mean, that could have been an appropriate person who "assessed the situation." It would be nice if that bit of info was confirmed more as solid. I had been assuming that was where Prince had gotten the prescription(s) he brought to Walgreens afterwards. But perhaps that doctor wouldn't give him anything and instead recommended the clinic, but Prince wanted meds and came up with another source. Of course I'm all speculation here...

morningsong said:

Ignoring a few bits and pieces of that article that don't need to be in it. I now have questions here.

Mauzy said Prince's representatives told Howard Kornfeld that the singer was "dealing with a grave medical emergency." He declined Wednesday to detail the emergency, and also declined to identify the doctor.

So it was a doctor that called?

Prince was supposed to meet with a local MPLS doctor on Thursday morning, since Howard Kornfeld would be flying in the next day to see him. His son Andrew is the one that called 911.

This is starting to become bothersome

Sticky: * autopsy/investigation updates here

Eileen said: