Powerful sedative found at Jacko's LA home

Washington, July 4 (AIN): Several narcotics found in late King of Pop Michael Jackson's rented home in Los Angeles included powerful sedative Propofol, also known as Diprivan, according to a law enforcement source.

Propofol is administered intravenously. It is used as part of inducing general anaesthesia in the operating room, and for heavy sedation of patients who are intubated in the intensive care unit.

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Cherilyn Lee, a nurse who worked for Jackson, has revealed that the singer begged her for the drug.

She said that just four days before his death, a member of Jackson's staff called her, and that she could hear the singer in the background saying: "One side of my body is hot, it's hot, and one side of my body is cold. It's very cold."

Lee insisted that she did not provide Jackson with the drug.

"He wasn't looking to get high or feel good and sedated from drugs. This was a person who was not on drugs. This was a person who was seeking help, desperately, to get some sleep, to get some rest," Fox News quoted here as saying.

The revelation from the nurse has come at a time when authorities are investigating allegations that Jackson had been consuming painkillers, sedatives and antidepressants.

The federal Drug Enforcement Administration and California Attorney General Jerry Brown both are helping Los Angeles police investigate the possible involvement of prescription drugs in Jackson's death. (ANI)