Chopra: Michael Jackson Could Have Been Saved

AP Photo Michael Jackson’s famed health guru, Deepak Chopra, tells The Daily Beast’s Gerald Posner about his grief, his own medical dealings with the singer—and how a simple emergency room drug could have saved his life.

• When Chopra learned that Dr. Conrad Murray had been Jackson’s full time concert physician and had stayed overnight, he wondered why the star wasn’t still alive.

• Based on his understanding of Jackson’s final hours, a common and well-known overdose antagonist, naloxone (narcan), could have saved him.

• Chopra's own efforts to force an intervention a year ago over Jackson's drug use, with the Jackson family's knowledge and approval.

“With a weak pulse, the first thing I would have given him was narcan. Its effect would have been dramatic and Michael might be alive today."