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By: Urmee Khan, Digital and Media Correspondent

Michael Jackson begged for the sedative Propofol to help him sleep, Dr Dwayne James, one of his doctors, has claimed.

Dr James said Jackson had pleaded for the drug – known as the “milk of amnesia” – despite all warnings.

He said: “Michael said he desperately wanted to get hold of the drug. I immediately told him that Diprivan was dangerous and he should never take it at home, it could kill him.

“He said, ‘But I’ve had it before, I slept so well, like a baby. It knocked me out, I love it, it’s great, can’t you give me some?’ He kept saying that the day after taking Diprivan he felt so rested and had a lot more energy.

“He didn’t seem to care that I was telling him it was dangerous,” he told The Mirror.

Dr James, 61, the director of NutriMed Health Care Porterville, California, added: “There was no convincing him. What struck me was that he didn’t seem to have any fear about taking Diprivan, despite everything I was saying.”

Jackson made the demands in a phone call from his Los Angeles home, just months before his death, which is being linked to Propofol, also called Diprivan.

Diprivan, which is given to patients before surgery, is believed to be the main focus of the investigation into Jackson’s death. It was allegedly discovered at his house and may have triggered his heart attack.

Dr James revealed that the 50 year old singer had repeatedly asked for the drug. He disclosed that he spoke to Jackson’s nurse Cherilyn Lee just four days before he died to ask for Propofol.
Ed Winter, assistant chief coroner, seized Jackson’s medical records from Cherilyn’s office on thursday.

Other reports claimed Jackson travelled with an anaesthetist on his History world tour in the mid-90s to help him cope with chronic insomnia.