The statement released by the medical examiner’s office via Twitter, however, did not contain any other details.
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“The decedent self-administered fentanyl”, the medical examiner’s report said, listing cause of death as “fentanyl toxicity” and noting it was accidental. His death was initially accounted for taking narcotic shots and pain medication, which is usually prescribed to terminal cancer patient. Was it a legal prescription?
Prince had been prescribed pain killers for some time. It is unknown how he received the most powerful opioid on the market. Investigators reported that Prince was in possession of painkillers, leading to the stories of his drug problems. However, there is still an ongoing investigation into the matter. Prince was found dead at his home on April 21, 2016, in suburban Minneapolis. For manner of death, a box was marked for “accident”.
In the coming months, investigators will try to determine whether the singer had a prescription for the fentanyl or whether it was supplied illegally.
The report also mentions that the music superstar weighed 112 pounds and was 63 inches tall when he died. The autopsy report was released hours later. Nevertheless, the drug may still be purchased illicitly, which is why there is an increase in overdose-related deaths in the United States.
An accidental overdose of fentanyl, which is a powerful opioid one-hundred times more potent than morphine. He tells a detective that he was there to give the test results and that he had prescribed medications that were to brought from Walgreen’s pharmacy.
The entertainer was found with opioid medication at the time of his death, according to a law enforcement source.
The singer’s health issues first made headlines on 15 April (16), when a private plane he was a passenger on made an emergency landing at the Quad City International Airport in IN, so Prince could be taken to a nearby hospital by ambulance for treatment.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Prince was scheduled to meet with an addiction specialist doctor on April 22 and that the world famous artist had been abusing painkillers leading up to his death.
An attorney for Prince’s half-siblings said they revealed the singer had an addiction to Percocet decades before he died.
Prince was found unresponsive in a lift at his Paisley Park Studios on the morning of April 21, local officials said.
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The iconic singer was found dead in an elevator at his home in Carver County, outside Minneapolis. Andrew Kornfeld is listed as a consultant with his father’s clinic and is a pre-med student, according to his attorney William Mauzy. It was not immediately clear if Kornfeld is the subject of a separate investigation.
