Fla Psychiatrist prescribes 19,866 pills to woman patient in ONE YEAR!

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Pharmacies targeted after psychiatrist prescribes 19,866 pills to woman

The Florida Department of Health has suspended the license of a West Palm psychiatrist who allegedly prescribed 19,866 pills over a one-year period to a 30-year-old woman who died in April of a drug overdose.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Aug. 8, 2002

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-pdocfolo08aug08.story?coll=sfla%2Dnews%2Dpalm

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Wow Karen, They should nail him to the wall!

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She must have rattled a lot during that year.

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What about the patients role?

She was taking an average of @54 pills a day!!!

Is she not responsible for her own behavior?

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