Prince died of overdose, but questions linger

“Unfortunately, the timely care Prince may have needed, based on the medical examiner’s report, has been hard to obtain in Minnesota, and in many states in our nation”, Kornfeld, who says he is making plans to apply to medical school, writes.

The study concluded that those patients who were taking high doses of these painkillers before the joint replacement surgery were more likely to use the opioid for a long term after the operation. The report is silent on whether it was prescribed by a doctor or obtained illegally. Kornfeld scheduled to meet with Prince on April 22, and he contacted a local physician who cleared his schedule for April 21, for an exam and to check on Prince’s condition.

Russell Baer, a spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Administration, declined to comment on the investigation. Later on, the medication was confiscated by the authorities for investigation.

The findings confirm suspicions that opioids played a role in the musician’s death.

Prince was found dead April 21 at his Minneapolis-area estate, and at least one friend has said he suffered from intense knee and hip pain from many years of performances.

The medical examiner’s report did not provide much detail on Prince’s death. For manner of death, a box was marked for “accident”.

Almost 2 million Americans either abused or became addicted to prescription opioid drugs, like Fentanyl, in 2014, according to the CDC.

According to People, the report also noted that the singer, at the time of his death, weighed only 112 lbs.

Doctors mostly prescribe fentanyl for cancer treatment. It can be made illicitly and is blamed for a spike in overdose deaths in the United States.

The illicit shipment of fentanyl into the U.S. has become a major concern for federal officials, who say the substance has become an increasingly popular product of drug cartels in Mexico and is often mixed with heroin.

Since his death, information has emerged about the entertainer’s alleged abuse of prescription drugs.

A medical examiner says the 57-year-old Prince died of a fentanyl overdose April 21 at his Paisley Park home.

“The opioid epidemic is devastating American families and communities”, CDC Director Tom Frieden said at the time.

On the day before he died, Prince’s team even sought out Dr. Howard Kornfeld, a renowned opioid addiction expert in California.

More than 1,000 people are treated in emergency rooms every day for misusing prescription drugs.

His death came less than a week after his plane made an emergency stop in IL so he could undergo medical treatment.

Andrew Kornfeld, the son of an addictions doctor who sought to help Prince before he died, is describing what happened for the first time in a CNN editorial.

Kornfeld sent his son Andrew to Minnesota that night, and the younger Kornfeld was among those who found Prince’s body.