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.
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The report was signed by Quinn Strobl, the office’s chief medical examiner.
Andrew Kornfeld, the pre-med student who was among the group of people who found Prince’s dead body in an elevator at his Paisley Park compound, has written an op-ed for CNN discussing the dangers of painkiller addiction.
The medical report, which was released on Twitter, stated, “How injury occurred: The decedent self-administered fentanyl”.
Although the death was formally ruled an accident, that merely signified that it was not intentional and does not preclude a criminal prosecution.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune said it was not clear whether fentanyl had been prescribed to Prince and if so, which doctor prescribed it. “The papers did not disclose which illness Prince was diagnosed with, but indicated that the doctor had performed tests on the star and prescribed him with medication”. Fentanyl is a synthetic painkiller far more powerful than heroin, and it is blamed for a surge of overdose deaths in some parts of the country. The report states the singer was only 112 pounds when he died.
The medical examiner’s report, which was released on Twitter, did not contain many details.
The day before Prince was found dead, he was treated by Dr. Michael Todd Schulenberg for withdrawal symptoms from opioid addiction. The investigators also found that among patients who did not take opioids prior to having surgery, 8.2 percent of knee patients and 4.3 percent of hip patients were still taking the medications six months after receiving their joint replacement.
Law enforcement sources have told TMZ that the “illicit” possession of the drug is the focus of the investigation and both state and federal prosecutors are involved.
Prince’s half-siblings said the singer had an addiction to Percocet – another opioid – decades before he died, their attorney said.
One of Prince’s half-siblings said that the singer used the drug to help him manage the difficulties that came with his job as a performer, indicating that it wasn’t for recreational use.
Even before his accidental overdose on April 21, there appears to have been another incident.
While flying back to Minneapolis early the next morning, he became unresponsive, and his private jet made an emergency landing at Quad City International Airport in Moline, Illinois, where he was hospitalized and received Narcan, but he left against medical advice.
On condition of anonymity, the law enforcement official said he is not supposed to talk to the press.
Andrew Kornfeld, the son of addiction specialist Dr Howard Kornfeld, flew to Minnesota to help the superstar before his father’s arrival, after the California-based professional was recruited to help Prince overcome his struggle with painkiller addiction. The doctor immediately sent his son, but ultimately it was too late.
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A rainbow appears over Paisley Park near a memorial for Prince on April 21.
