PSYCH DRUGS
Faruk Abuzzahab, 85-year-old Minnesota Psychiatrist, “surrounded by controversy and complaints for decades”
Minneapolis WCCO Investigation Into Man’s Death Reveals Depth Of Minnesota’s Prescription Drug Problem By Liz Collin May 30, 2017 Psychiatrist Faruk Abuzzahab A Twin Cities family wants answers after they believe a psychiatrist went too far in prescribing medications to their son and brother. Mike Arens died 18 months ago. WCCO found the doctor writing his prescriptions has been in trouble before. WCCO investigates the psychiatrist who’s been on the state’s radar for decades and the upcoming changes to better track what medications Minnesotans take. Known for his generosity and signature smile, Mike Arens grew up the middle boy [...]
Obsessive Prescribing Disorder
Obsessive Prescribing Disorder
Abdi Tinwalla, Illinois psychiatrist, prescribed antipsychotic to inmate who unknowingly took it – Judge says this is medical battery
LAW360 7th Circ. Nixes Ill. Prison Doc's Medical Battery Claims Win By Hannah Meisel May 1, 2017 EXCERPT: Psychiatrist Abdi Tinwalla The Seventh Circuit on Friday nixed a quick win to a psychiatrist in an Illinois detention facility accused of allegedly causing an inmate to take the antipsychotic drug Risperdal for more than a month without the man's knowledge or consent. A three-judge panel found that a reasonable jury could conclude that Dr. Abdi Tinwalla had been deliberately indifferent to the plaintiff's right to refuse and had committed a common law tort of medical battery when he wrote a [...]
Margaret Knowle, Wisconsin Psychiatrist, Sentenced to Prison, supplied herself with drugs by writing prescriptions in other doctor’s names
Stevens Point Journal Former Stevens Point psychiatrist sent to prison Kevin Murphy May 9, 2017 MADISON - A former central Wisconsin psychiatrist who supplied herself with amphetamines by writing prescriptions in other doctors' names was sentenced Tuesday in federal court to 16 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Margaret “Meg” Knowles, who practiced psychiatry in the Stevens Point area, faced four years in prison after pleading guilty in March to attempting to obtain a drug by fraud. Knowles, 53, of Amherst, was indicted in October on one count of prescription fraud and four counts of conspiring [...]
NJ Psychiatrist Chowdhury Azam suspended for 5 years, overprescribed drugs
mycentraljersey.com Four Central Jersey doctors punished for overprescribing drugs By Mike Deak March 2, 2017 FRANKLIN (Somerset) - A township psychiatrist, who previously had his medical license suspended for inappropriately touching a female patient's breast, and three other Central Jersey physicians were among 31 physicians sanctioned last year by the state for allegedly overprescribing painkillers and other narcotics that can lead to addiction. Chowdhury Azam, of Edison, whose office was located on Davidson Avenue, had his license suspended for five years. The state Board of Medical Examiners has also ordered Azam to pay $42,567 in costs, payable in monthly installments [...]
NY Psychiatrist Clifford Jacobson, Surrenders License after 40 years, Disciplined 3 times & felony conviction
Democrat and Chronicle Brighton psychiatrist to surrender medical license By Patti Singer March 6, 2017 Psychiatrist Clifford Jacobson A psychiatrist who practices in Brighton is being disciplined for the third time by the state Department of Health and will surrender his medical license March 31. From March 7 until then, Dr. Clifford Jacobson no longer can prescribe controlled substances. He also will have to submit to the Office of Professional Medical Conduct (OPMC) a weekly log of all medications he prescribes. Jacobson did not contest the charge of having practiced with negligence on more than one occasion, according to [...]
Aussie Psychiatrist Philip Bird admits he inappropriately prescribed drug to man who crashed his car, killing twin girls and their grandmother
Courier Mail Psychiatrist to admit to improper prescription in fatal crash By Vanda Carson Psychiatrist Philip Bird A MAROOCHYDORE psychiatrist who prescribed “kiddie speed” to a man who overdosed and crashed his car, killing twin girls and their grandmother, is set to admit he inappropriately prescribed the drug. In the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal yesterday, a barrister for Philip Bird told judge Suzanne Sheridan Dr Bird intended to admit “unsatisfactory professional performance warranting sanction” at a hearing set down for today. Kerri Mellifont QC told the tribunal Dr Bird admitted he “fell short” in his diagnosis of attention [...]
Bernard Member, NY Psychiatrist, accused of prescribing too many drugs
Syracuse.com State sanctions Ithaca psychiatrist accused of prescribing too many drugs By James T. Mulder January 11, 2017 104 Campbell Ave, Ithaca, NY 14850 ITHACA, N.Y. - The state has sanctioned an Ithaca psychiatrist accused of prescribing too many drugs to some patients and not checking patient prescription histories online before prescribing narcotics. The state put Dr. Bernard Member on probation for three years, made him get another doctor to monitor his practice and ordered him to take a class in appropriate prescribing. The state Board for Professional Medical Conduct said Member prescribed an excessive amount of drugs to [...]
U.S. Senator says Psychiatrist “has no business treating our nation’s veterans or any citizen in Wisconsin”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Fired Tomah VA chief to surrender medical license Bill Glauber and Daniel Bice January 18, 2017 Senator Tammy Baldwin The psychiatrist at the center of an opioid scandal at the troubled Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center has agreed to surrender his medical license, under an agreement reached Wednesday with state regulators. Under the deal, David J. Houlihan agreed never to apply for a medical license in the state, in exchange for state regulators dropping their investigation into his actions at Tomah and not seeking reimbursement for the probe. Houlihan has 30 days to wrap up his [...]
Josip Pasic, Chicago Psychiatrist – License Suspended – Overprescribed Drugs and Sexually Molested Patients
abc7chicago.com REGULATORS: DOCTOR MOLESTED PATIENTS, OVERPRESCRIBED DRUGS December 15, 2016 CHICAGO -- Regulators on Wednesday suspended the license of a Chicago psychiatrist accused of overprescribing narcotics and sexually molesting mentally ill patients. Dr. Josip Pasic engaged in sexual conduct with mentally ill patients to whom he also prescribed opioid painkillers and other drugs, according to an emergency order signed by Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation's acting director, Jessica Baer. One patient, a recovering drug addict, told investigators he endured the doctor touching his groin because he needed his medication and it was difficult to find a doctor who [...]