Post by Logan on May 7, 2016 3:32:45 GMT -6
Prince had been under a Minnesota doctor's care weeks before his death
A Twin Cities physician had been treating Prince for withdrawal symptoms from his opioid addiction several weeks before he collapsed April 21 in a Paisley Park elevator, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation.
The physician, who is the doctor for Prince’s longtime friend Kirk Johnson, had been working with the megastar before the April 15 opioid overdose that took place while Prince was flying home from a pair of performances in Atlanta. Johnson, a personal trainer who ran Paisley Park and played drums for Prince, recommended the doctor, the source said.
The source, and another person with knowledge of the investigation, said in separate interviews Friday that the physician did not prescribe opioids to Prince. The doctor has not been publicly identified.
Still, Prince’s inner circle became so concerned about his health that one of his representatives in California reached out to Dr. Howard Kornfeld, a noted pain and addiction specialist in Mill Valley, Calif., one of the sources told the Star Tribune.
Read more: www.startribune.com/prince-was-under-Minnesota-doctors-care-for-weeks-over-withdrawal-symptoms/378419741/
A Twin Cities physician had been treating Prince for withdrawal symptoms from his opioid addiction several weeks before he collapsed April 21 in a Paisley Park elevator, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation.
The physician, who is the doctor for Prince’s longtime friend Kirk Johnson, had been working with the megastar before the April 15 opioid overdose that took place while Prince was flying home from a pair of performances in Atlanta. Johnson, a personal trainer who ran Paisley Park and played drums for Prince, recommended the doctor, the source said.
The source, and another person with knowledge of the investigation, said in separate interviews Friday that the physician did not prescribe opioids to Prince. The doctor has not been publicly identified.
Still, Prince’s inner circle became so concerned about his health that one of his representatives in California reached out to Dr. Howard Kornfeld, a noted pain and addiction specialist in Mill Valley, Calif., one of the sources told the Star Tribune.
Read more: www.startribune.com/prince-was-under-Minnesota-doctors-care-for-weeks-over-withdrawal-symptoms/378419741/