Dr. Feelgood

Elvis Presley’s Personal Physician ‘Dr. Nick’ Is Dead

George Nichopoulos prescribed thousands of pills for the King — right up to the end.

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Dr. George Nichopoulos, better known as Elvis Presley’s personal physician “Dr. Nick” and “Dr. Feelgood,” thanks to his willingness to prescribe medication to rock royalty, died in Memphis, Tenn., today at age 88.

Dr. Nick started treating Elvis in 1967 for saddle pain, and the King made him his full-time doctor in 1970. Dr. Nick was at Elvis’ home, Graceland, on Aug. 16, 1997, the day the King died. He attempted to revive Elvis, but couldn’t.

The doc was also at the King’s autopsy, which revealed that Elvis had 14 different drugs in his system when he died — all prescribed by Dr. Nick.

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In fact, the good doctor had written Elvis over 199 prescriptions for 10,000 doses of drugs! It’s little wonder some fans blamed him for the early death of the King of Rock.

In 1980, Dr. Nick was accused of over-prescribing sleeping pills, narcotics and amphetamines to Elvis, as well as rock pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis and other patients.

He was indicted, but later acquitted. A short time after that case the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners temporarily suspended his medical license based on similar suspicions.

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Dr. Nick lost his license permanently in 1995 for over-prescribing meds to other patients. That led the press to label him “Dr. Feelgood.”

Born in Ridgeway, Pa., Dr. Nick’s family moved to Alabama where his Greek immigrant father opened a restaurant. He served in the Army Medical Corps from 1946-’49 and went on to earn his MD from Vanderbilt University in 1959.