Was anyone else shocked with this propofol story?

lol... yes! Shocked and amused! I wasn't really following the MJ story that closely until I heard the propofol bit. I was half expecting drugs, but not this particular drug!

Insomnia treated with general anasthesia... wow.
I wonder how he would even have known about it - most people who've even had procedural sedation know nothing about propofol. He must have had some doctors who REALLY enabled for him to have it in his home.

Also hard to prove if this was the cause of death, due to the short half-life.

The nurse who talked about it on CNN had been his nurse I think from Jan to March. The doctor who was with him at the time of death (his private physician) had been his doctor for only a month or so. Makes me wonder how many professionals in a revolving door have "treated" this person....

When the propofol element of the story broke my first thought was, "Damn! From now until the end of time every vented patient with a propofol drip is going to have family freaking out." Sure enough, every single family member since that time has said, "Oh! That's the medicine that killed Michael Jackson! I'm not sure I want granny/mom/dad/brother on that medicine," or some variant thereof. Ugh.

When the propofol element of the story broke my first thought was, "Damn! From now until the end of time every vented patient with a propofol drip is going to have family freaking out." Sure enough, every single family member since that time has said, "Oh! That's the medicine that killed Michael Jackson! I'm not sure I want granny/mom/dad/brother on that medicine," or some variant thereof. Ugh.