Wonder how often this happens

Our mental health dept (psychiatrist) prescribes mental health meds. Our doctor does not prescribe any mental health meds. We are strict on what we give out due to all the drug seeking out there!

Antipyschotics require eval by our mental health dept. They are IMO over-prescribed in the general population by pcp's.

We don't accept scripts, or medications from outside sources. The recommendations of hospital doctors are advisory only in a prison environment. We give pain medications up to and including Oxycodone, but an inmate must be housed in the infirmary in order to get them.


Very true. Seroquel in particular is a problem. It is so popular with drug users that it has acquired street names. Abuse and sales on the yard were such big problems that Nevada DOC took it off the formulary entirely. The first warning sign is that we started getting written requests for treatment (when I worked outpatient mental health) that said merely "I need Seroquel" without stating what the problem was.