PSYCH DRUGS
Pradeep Mathur, Ohio Psychiatrist, charged with lying to get family member drugs
WFMJ Poland psychiatrist indicted for lying to get family member prescription drugs May 9, 2019 By Cristen Manion Psychiatrist Pradeep Mathur YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - The Mahoning County Grand Jury has charged a Poland psychiatrist with three felonies- accusing him of lying to obtain prescriptions for a family member. Sixty-one-year-old Dr. Pradeep Mathur is facing charges of deception to obtain and dangerous drug, violation of drug database laws, and illegal processing of drug documents. According to the indictment, Dr. Mathur allegedly lied to obtain Amrodafinil, also known as Nuvigil, a Schedule IV controlled substance. Medicineplus.gov, an online database of medications, [...]
Hei Young Oh, New York Psychiatrist – License Revoked – in one case prescribed 7,000 narcotic pills to pregnant patient
Newsday (New York) Doctors Slapped With Sanctions By Roni Rabin December 27, 1995 The state has revoked the medical license of a Huntington Station physician who liberally dispensed prescriptions for controlled substances such as Valium, Percocet and codeine, in one case prescribing 7,000 narcotic pills to a patient even though she was pregnant. In addition to yanking the license of Dr. Hei Young Oh, the state Office of Professional Medical Conduct suspended the license of another Huntington Station physician, Dr. Veeresh Patil, who described himself as a psychiatrist specializing in weight reduction. Patil, who is allowed to continue practicing medicine [...]
Psychiatrist Gregory Villabona, Dover, Delaware – sexually abused two girls, kept unlicensed guns in his office, repeatedly prescribed in a careless manner
New York Post Perv psychiatrist finally loses license over sex with patients By Associated Press March 6, 2019 Psychiatrist Gregory VillaBona DOVER, Delaware — A Delaware psychiatrist has lost his medical license after being accused of having sex with his patients, keeping unlicensed guns in his office and repeatedly prescribing drugs in a careless manner in the years since he sexually abused two girls. The News Journal of Wilmington reports the Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline revoked the license of Gregory Villabona on Tuesday, ending more than 15 years of efforts to contain alleged professional misconduct. Villabona’s [...]
David Houlihan, Wisconsin VA psychiatrist, reassigned, will not see patients nor prescribed medication during federal investigation
LaCrosse Tribune Medical center director: 'We had already taken steps' By Chris Hubbuch January 27, 2015 Psychiatrist David Houlihan TOMAH, Wis. — As the VA launches an investigation into media reports of overmedication of patients at the Tomah VA, the director of the medical center says he wouldn’t have done anything differently. Director Mario DeSanctis said in an interview Monday that his staff began looking into an unusually high rate of opiate prescriptions by providers at the Tomah VA in 2012, two years before an internal investigation said the practice “raised potentially serious concerns.” “We had already taken steps [...]
Ginari Price, Fayetteville Psychiatrist, signed more than a thousand prescriptions – from her jail cell
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution DEA: Husband, nurses illegally sign 1K prescriptions while psychiatrist was jailed for DUI Updated Jan 28, 2019 By Zachary Hansen, Psychiatrist Ginari Price Authorities said a psychiatrist signed more than a thousand prescriptions in Fayetteville — from her jail cell. Her husband and two of her nurse practitioners joined her in jail after allegedly writing those prescriptions without a license, Channel 2 Action News reported. Dr. Ginari Price, of Psycare LLC off Devant Street, was in jail for allegedly driving under the influence and hitting two cars while her infant was in her lap, Channel 2 [...]
Ellis Schwied – Orange County Psychiatrist’s License Suspended – gross negligence – developed relationship with patient’s mother, diagnosed patient with social anxiety and general anxiety disorder without an “adequate basis”
Orange County Register Laguna Niguel psychiatrist disciplined for dispensing meds without prescription By Jenna Chandler September 29, 2014 Laguna Niguel-based psychiatrist Ellis Michael Schwied had his license suspended by the California Medical Board after he was accused of giving a patient samples of a depression medication without a prescription. According to the medical board, Schwied gave samples of Lexapro to the 20-year-old patient’s mother and also left them in unmarked brown paper bags on her porch. “He is a well-respected psychiatrist in the community,” said Schwied’s attorney, Joel Bruce Douglas. “There was no malice or ill will, maybe just not [...]
Charles Curran, Mass. Psychiatrist, Prolific Prescriber, Says Psych Drugs “Tickle the Brain”
ProPublica Fall River doctor among top tranquilizer prescribers in US By Charles Ornstein and Ryann Grochowski Jones June 10, 2015 Psychiatrist Charles Curran Doctors around the nation wrote nearly 40 million prescriptions for tranquilizers such as Ativan and Xanax to Medicare patients in 2013, the first year its prescription drug program covered the medications, according to a review of federal data. Among the top prescribers in the nation is a Fall River psychiatrist, Dr. Claude Curran, who wrote more than 11,700 prescriptions for the drugs, including refills -- ranking him behind only four other doctors, all from Puerto Rico. [...]
Idaho Examines Top Prescribers
Idaho Statesman Idaho’s Medicaid payments for prescription drugs questioned But the state says Medicaid records don’t prove doctors are overprescribing November 11, 2012 By AUDREY DUTTON Idaho Medicaid Dick Armstrong addresses the State Legislature U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican who has assumed a role as a taxpayer watchdog, says some Idaho physicians have overprescribed antipsychotic drugs and addictive narcotics such as OxyContin to Medicaid patients. “After an extensive review of prescribing habits of the serial prescribers of pain and mental health drugs in your state, I have concerns about the oversight and enforcement of Medicaid abuse [...]
Nasreen Kader – NY Drug Dealer Psychiatrist Charged with Drug Crimes
NewsDay Central Islip psychiatrist charged in prescription drug sting, state attorney general says By Candice Ruud September 23, 2014 Psychiatrist Nasreen Kader A psychiatrist from Central Islip faces multiple counts of illegally prescribing Xanax, Klonopin and Ritalin to undercover agents posing as patients wanting the drugs for "illegitimate purposes," the state attorney general's office said Tuesday. The investigation into Nasreen Kader, 48, started after two families complained that she was overprescribing the drugs to their relatives, her patients. Kader is charged with 15 counts of criminal sale of a prescription for a controlled substance, a felony, and she faces [...]
Robert Dragert, New Jersey Psychiatrist, suspended, fined $30K – “overprescribed opioid medications with reckless abandon”
The Trentonian Princeton doctor overprescribes opioids, must pay $30K fine and serve 2-year suspension By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman October 18, 2018 Psychiatrist Robert Dragert TRENTON — Dr. Robert J. Dragert had the hallmarks of a great career: Elite certifications, upward mobility and no shortage of patients. But the good doctor turned bad, overprescribing opioid medications with reckless abandon and contributing to the national public health emergency, forcing the state to punish him. Dragert has been suspended from medical practice and ordered to pay a $30,000 civil penalty for failing to properly manage the opioid dependence of his patients. The Princeton [...]