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What Is Propofol? An Anesthesiologist Explains

Updated: Monday, 10 Oct 2011, 4:46 PM PDT
Published : Wednesday, 28 Sep 2011, 12:10 AM PDT

The jurors in the Conrad Murray trial are about to get a crash course on the drug called propofol. It's an anesthetic that Conrad Murray gave Jackson for severe insomnia.

Tthe defense claims that Jackson may have given himself a lethal dose when Murray was out of the room.

Just what is propofol... and how can it be dangerous?

Anesthesiologist Rebecca Kerr describes the drug in the video.

She insists propofol is not to be used in the home setting. She says that's where Dr. Murray may have gone wrong.