What Is the Doctor Feelgood Phenomenon?

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What Is the Doctor Feelgood Phenomenon?

Updated: Thursday, 06 Oct 2011, 1:13 AM PDT
Published : Tuesday, 04 Oct 2011, 9:52 PM PDT

Los Angeles - Celebrities can often buy anything they want... even their doctors. Elvis Presley... Marilyn Monroe... both died, and both were prescribed multiple medications by doctors who came under scrutiny. They're called "Doctor Feelgoods."

Add to that... the Conrad Murray trial. Murray is defending himself against involuntary manslaughter charges in the 2009 death of Michael Jackson.

According to Dr. Reef Karim, the founder of Control Center for Addictions in Beverly Hills, the seduction of celebrity can lead to bad medicine.