LAS VEGAS � A Henderson physician who says he treated Danny Gans for pain says the entertainer had a 5-year-old prescription for the potent painkiller blamed for the Las Vegas Strip headliner�s accidental death.

But pain specialist Dr. Michael Fishell said Friday that medical records show Gans did not have a current prescription for hydromorphone in Nevada or California.
Clark County Coroner Michael Murphy this week blamed the May 1 death of the 52-year-old singer and impressionist on �acute hydromorphone toxicity� and �chronic pain syndrome.�
Hydromorphone is commonly known as Dilaudid.
Fishell first spoke with the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Thursday. The doctor says Gans told him he didn�t want to take drugs because he feared they would dry out his vocal cords.