The famous pop singer
Demi Lovato is in the Los Angeles hospital because of she had overdose of
drugs,
Representatives for the Los Angeles Police and
Fire Departments said that officers responded just before noon local time to a
medical emergency in the Hollywood Hills. Paramedics transported a 25-year-old
woman in stable condition to the hospital, a Fire Department spokesman said,
though the authorities declined to identify the person.
The Los Angeles Police Department reportedly
responded on Tuesday to a medical emergency in the Hollywood Hills, where
Lovato lives.
TMZ reports the 25-year-old was found
unconscious and treated at the scene with Naloxone, an anti-overdose medicine.
The Sorry Not Sorry singer was in a stable
condition, US media report.
She was alert and breathing at Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center.
Her spokesperson told the BBC: "Demi is
awake and with her family who want to express thanks to everyone for the love,
prayers and support.
"Some of the information being reported is
incorrect and they respectfully ask for privacy."
Lovato has struggled with substance abuse for
years, and was feared to have relapsed in recent weeks.
Her fans say the singer's battles with bipolar
disorder, bulimia and addiction - often documented in her music - have helped
them with their own struggles.
As reports of her condition spread, there was
an outpouring of support on social media from other celebrities and musicians.
Lovato
released her first studio album, Don't Forget, in 2008.
In a YouTube documentary, Simply Complicated,
released last October, Lovato revealed her drug use began when she first tried
cocaine at the age of 17.
"I felt out of control the first time I did
it," she said. "My dad was an addict and an alcoholic.
"Guess I always searched for what he found
in drugs and alcohol because it fulfilled him and he chose that over a
family."
Lovato went to rehab for the first time in
2010.
"I wasn't ready to get sober," she
said in the documentary.
"I was sneaking it on planes, sneaking it
in bathrooms, sneaking it throughout the night".
