 He used Demerol, methadone, barbiturates, amphetamines, thyroid hormones, anti-anxiety medications, and gamma gooblins. The physician who secretly supplied Kennedy with these drugs was Max Jacobson. The Kennedys called Dr. Feelgood. Kennedy and his aides and family went to great lengths to conceal all this from the American public. Kennedy was told by his orthopedic surgeon in 1962 that no president with his finger on the red button has any business taking stuff like that.