Michael Jackson was warned on danger of medication, says Conrad Murray

One of Michael Jackson's doctors has revealed that he warned him about the dangers of sleep medication.

Rheumatologist Dr Allan Metzger, who has been called to give evidence in the ongoing manslaughter trial of Dr Conrad Murray, said that he would "never" have given the singer propofol, the drug believed to have killed him.

Metzger told the court that Jackson met with him in April 2009 and asked him for intravenous sleep medication, which the singer referred to as "juice".

The doctor added: "I don't recall him naming medicines... but I do remember him saying many medicines did not work. I had personally tried him on Tylenol PM, which did not work. We had tried Xanax... and on that visit, I gave him Klonopin or Trazodone, to be used not together."



Prosecutor David Walgren then asked Metzger: "Any amount of money that would have convinced you to give him propofol in his house?" to which he replied: "Never."

Murray's team has now launched its defence case after four weeks of testimonies from the prosecution.

Last week, a propofol expert claimed that Michael Jackson had more drugs in his system than originally revealed by Murray. Murray's defence team dropped their original claim that Michael Jackson swallowed the anaesthetic propofol himself two weeks ago.

The trial is scheduled to continue for at least another three weeks and Murray could face up to four years in prison if found guilty.