Posted by garnet71 on May 30, 2009, at 0:10:43
In reply to Re: Need an alternative to Abilify, posted by garnet71 on May 29, 2009, at 23:51:52
There's tons of these cases, and for Vicodin, but they don't show 2008 or 2009. I wonder if the DEA has been investigating doctors or if there has been a large increase in prosecutions. Wouldn't being investigated, alone scare them away? I would think so.
I don't know what "good faith" in determining medical necessity of a controlled substance would be for some doctors, esp. PDocs. There really aren't that many tests to do for pain and psych symptoms; seems they'd have to rely on the patients' self-reporting. That must be a tough position to be in.
In some of these cases, what the doctors were accused of doing was f-ed up, but some of them I wonder...if they are just cracking down on doctors who are liberal at prescribing these types of drugs. The DEA did indicate on their web site that they were currently changing the enforcement regarding Vicodin...that might be your answer.
http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/crim_admin_actions/crim_actions.htm
Name:
BILYEU, Stuart W., DO
City, State:
Southfield, MI
Date of Arrest:
07/20/2005
Date of Conviction:
04/12/2006
Judicial Status:
Pled Guilty
Conviction:
Unlawful Distribution of a Controlled Substance
DEA Registration:
Expired 07/31/2006
Remarks:
Stuart W. Bilyeu, DO, age 46, of Southfield, MI, pled guilty to the unlawful distribution of hydrocodone, a Schedule III controlled substance. According to court records, the defendant admitted that he prescribed without medical necessity or justification quantities of controlled substances to patients. For example, in October, 2004, the defendant wrote a prescription for #120 Vicodin to an individual, without any good faith attempt to determine the legitimate medical needs of the patient. From January 2003 until May 10, 2005, Bilyeu prescribed without medical necessity or justification 100 dosage units of oxycodone 80mg; 100 dosage units of Dilaudid, 20,000 Schedule III drugs, and 40, 000 Schedule IV drugs.Bilyeu was sentenced to five years imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release.
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