Prince is dead

[Von Halen]

I thought Prince was perfect? What? He OD'd?

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!

[Angel]

I thought Prince was perfect? What? He OD'd?

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!

You are such a cunt...

:p

[Jérôme Frenchise]

Well, it seems that the toxicology report has been released, and that the cause of death was a Fentanyl overdose. Most likely this was also the cause of the earlier episode where his plane had to make an emergency landing.

I wasn't aware you could even get Fentanyl at the corner pharmacy. Thought that was strictly a "hospital only, under strict medical supervision" kind of drug. I suspect somebody's going to be arrested for this one....

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...rdose-20160602

Faintonull is said to be 80 times as powerful as morphine as an painkiller. It's closely controlled in most countries and considered as narcotic.

[DONNIEP]

Faintonull is said to be 80 times as powerful as morphine as an painkiller. It's closely controlled in most countries and considered as narcotic.

Yeah and I'd bet Prince had more than one doctor prescribing it. Which probably ain't gonna end well for him/her either.

[FORD]

Apparently the prescription was written in somebody else's name. They haven't said whose name yet

Prince was known for using aliases in his professional career, usually to avoid legal hassles with Warner Brothers, when he was working with other artists (often signed to other labels). So it's certainly within the realm of possibility that he would have made up an alias for prescription drugs, considering everybody who worked at the local pharmacy would know damn well who "Prince Rogers Nelson" or "Prince Nelson" or even "Roger Nelson" was, if those names had turned up on a prescription label.

Or it could be the doctor who wrote the prescription in his own name. I would think a drug as powerful as Fentanyl would be even harder to get than the typical prescription pain pills. I honestly didn't even think you could get it outside of a hospital before now.

[cadaverdog]

I would think a drug as powerful as Fentanyl would be even harder to get than the typical prescription pain pills. I honestly didn't even think you could get it outside of a hospital before now.

You left out the possibility someone stole the drugs from a hospital that were there for a current patient. But you'd think they'd have the sense to put them in another container or at least get rid of the label before selling them so they couldn't be traced back to the source so easily.

[Whorehey]

I have a buddy who was prescribed Fentanyl in a patch after a partial foot amputation (diabetes). I tried it. Once. Wasn't for me. Too much dope. And I cut the fucker in half...

[DONNIEP]

Whorehey is right - Fentanyl is prescribed for conditions other than cancer and can be purchased at a pharmacy. In my line of work I have three insurers who are currently using the patch for things unrelated to cancer, which is the most common use. One is using it due to pain from injuries in a car accident, one for a serious knee condition, and the other is some sort of hip condition, coincidentally. And since I'm talking about people who use their health insurance to purchase it, a medical necessity review has to be done before their plans will cover it. However, it would be extremely unlikely any relatively healthy person who is obviously ambulatory and can perform frigggin marathon concerts that last until three in the morning would be prescribed this medication. Ever. If you're in the kind of pain this stuff is used to treat - you ain't dancing the nite away. So whoever was writing the prescriptions was waaay off the reservation. And I'm not aware of ANY off label use for this medication so it's not like it would be prescribed for anything other than debilitating pain.

[Whorehey]

Whorehey is right - Fentanyl is prescribed for conditions other than cancer and can be purchased at a pharmacy. In my line of work I have three insurers who are currently using the patch for things unrelated to cancer, which is the most common use. One is using it due to pain from injuries in a car accident, one for a serious knee condition, and the other is some sort of hip condition, coincidentally. And since I'm talking about people who use their health insurance to purchase it, a medical necessity review has to be done before their plans will cover it. However, it would be extremely unlikely any relatively healthy person who is obviously ambulatory and can perform frigggin marathon concerts that last until three in the morning would be prescribed this medication. Ever. If you're in the kind of pain this stuff is used to treat - you ain't dancing the nite away. So whoever was writing the prescriptions was waaay off the reservation. And I'm not aware of ANY off label use for this medication so it's not like it would be prescribed for anything other than debilitating pain.

That's the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me on this site...

[DONNIEP]

That's the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me on this site...

What? That you're right? Lol, post more

[Seshmeister]

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[vandeleur]

Would like to say my fav prince tune but it can change as these things do , but definitely one of my favourite .

[DONNIEP]

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Now that's a fuckin rock show!! Ed should watch some of these videos, see how it's done. OBC might even learn a thing or two.

[twonabomber]

Would like to say my fav prince tune but it can change as these things do , but definitely one of my favourite .

Probably his last good album. Just about anything after it has more misses than hits.

[Seshmeister]

Exciting time to be a Prince fan, a motherlode of new stuff coming online now.