Michael Jackson was taking a cocktail of up to seven prescription drugs in the months before his death, Life & Style magazine reported Thursday.
According to the tabloid, the 50-year-old had been taking prescription painkillers including anti-anxiety drugs Xanax, Zoloft and painkiller Demerol in recent months.
A source close to the star said he took a suspected overdose of drugs on Thursday morning, which caused respiratory and cardiac arrest.
The Sun newspaper reported Friday that Jackson collapsed and stopped breathing after an injection of a powerful painkiller named Demerol, which is similar to morphine, and it is feared he took an overdose.
Brian Oxman, the Jackson family attorney, told CNN that the superstar had a very serious problem with prescription medication, and that the people that were surrounding him were enablers. “If you think the case with Anna Nicole Smith was an abuse, it’s nothing in comparison to what we have seen taking place in Michael Jackson’s life,” Oxman said.
Jackson had three children — Michael Joseph Jackson Jr, Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince Michael Jackson II.
Jackson’s body has been flown to the L.A. County Coroner’s Office. His autopsy is scheduled to take place Friday.
It has also been reported that Jackson passed a recent physical, and his death is to be investigated by police.
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