Los Angeles (CNN) -- Michael Jackson was "totally addicted to propofol," the surgical anesthetic the coroner ruled killed him, the pop star's dermatologist said in an interview with the In Session network. Dr. Arnold Klein said he personally tried several times to prevent other doctors from administering propofol to Jackson for sleep. "I knew this problem existed," Klein said in the interview Saturday. "I did my best to prevent it. Whenever I could, I prevented it, but I'm only one man and I have to support my own life and take care of myself." Klein disputed the argument by Dr. Conrad Murray's lawyers that he addicted Jackson to Demerol in the months before his death, saying he used only low doses of the painkiller while repairing Jackson's collapsed nose and jawline.
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Dermatologist says he intervened 3 times to prevent Jackson's getting propofol
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He did not testify in the trial of Jackson's physician, Dr. Conrad Murray
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Murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter in Jackson's death
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Jurors will resume deliberations at Murray's trial Monday morning
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Klein described three instances in which he said he was involved as interventions to prevent Jackson from getting propofol, although @placeholder gave no indication of when the incidents occurred.