Dr. Drew: We All Need to Pray for Jeff Conaway

Jeff Conaway

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Jeff Conaway needs all the help and well-wishes he can get, according to Dr. Drew Pinsky.

The former Taxi actor, who was hospitalized earlier this week, is "not doing well today suddenly," Pinsky Tweeted Saturday evening.

Pinksy ? who previously worked to help Conaway with his addiction to cocaine, painkillers and alcohol on Celebrity Rehab ? visited the actor Friday.

"Just visited Jeff Conaway. He is stable & looks like he will recover from his pneumonia," Pinsky wrote Friday evening. "Not an OD like press is alleging & certainly not dead."

However on Saturday, Pinsky said that Conaway, 60, had taken a turn for the worse. "[He is] still considered critical with #sepsis. Many people die from septic shock. yes, he is VERY tenuous," wrote Pinsky. "My hopes & prayers r with him & his family! ? Yes, we all need to pray for him."

A rep for the actor tells PEOPLE that "the use of pain killers and prescription drugs" ? not an overdose ? led to Conaway being found unconscious in his home.

"In any event, there is some improvement," the rep added, "and we are hopeful at this time."

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