Prince doc prescribed pills to alias

A doctor who saw Prince in the days before he died had prescribed oxycodone under the name of the singer’s friend to protect the patient’s privacy, according to court documents unsealed Monday that revealed nothing about how the superstar got the fentanyl that actually killed him.

The affidavits and search warrants were unsealed in a Minnesota court as the yearlong investigation into the death of the music icon continues.

The documents show authorities searched the star’s Paisley Park estate, cellphone records of Prince’s associates and Prince’s e-mail accounts to try to determine how he got the fentanyl, a synthetic drug 50 times more powerful than heroin.

They don’t reveal answers, but do shed light on Prince’s struggle with addiction in the days before he died. Oxycodone, a painkiller, was not listed as a cause of his death.

Prince was 57 when he was found alone and unresponsive in an elevator at his Paisley Park home on April 21.

Investigators have said little about the case over the last year, other than it is active.

An official who spoke to The Associated Press said the case has taken the probers to Illinois and California, and authorities have interviewed friends, family and any potential witnesses, including the flight crew and hospital staff that were present when Prince overdosed on a plane six days before he died.

A search of Prince’s home yielded numerous pills in various containers. Some were in prescription bottles for Kirk Johnson, Prince’s longtime friend and associate. At least one bottle tested positive for fentanyl.