Lil Wayne is still hospitalized and in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles after being admitted for seizures on Friday.
As we previously reported, Wayne was rushed to the hospital after his bodyguards found him unconscious.
According to TMZ, the multi platinum rapper had to have his stomach pumped at least 3 times after doctors suspected he had overdosed on the prescription drug codeine, the main ingredient in "sizzurp."
Wayne has admitted that he uses the drug in the past.
Since being placed in the hospital, Weezy has had a steady string of high profile visitors including Chris Paul of the L.A. Clippers, Drake, Nicki Minaj and Birdman.
The Young Money CEO experienced his first seizure in October 2012. This latest one is at least his fourth since that time.
Dr. Michael Privitera, a professor and the director of the Epilepsy Center at the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute, spoke to MTV about what could be causing Wayne to have seizures.
"Some people have unrecognized structural abnormalities in their brain or a prior history of trauma that is enough to create an electrical disturbance," Privitera said. "But I'd probably say that if you were [Wayne's age] and you were coming into my office with your first seizure, in half of those people you won't find a reason. Drugs and alcohol are traditionally the precipitators of seizures. Promethazine [one of the active ingredients in syrup] can trigger seizures in someone who is predisposed," he said of the drug, which is found in combination with codeine in prescription-strength cough syrups. "It has a non-specific effect on the brain and there's a complex interaction of chemicals in the brain that some of these drugs can interrupt,"
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