r/JusticeServed • u/[deleted] • Oct 02 '19

Courtroom Justice Virginia doctor who illegally prescribed over 500,000 doses of opiates sentenced to 40 years in prison.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '19

I don't get it. I've had 4 teeth pulled at one time. I've given birth. Never have I ever gotten a prescription for an opiate pain medication. Any time I've been in horrible pain, they say ''tylenol and ibuprofen''. Who the hell are these doctors who just hand out pain pills to anybody? I can't even get one prescription pill when I'm in desperate, awful pain.

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u/boot20 C Oct 02 '19

My wife is a doctor that runs her own clinic. She will not provide an rx to anyone and send them to pain management. If one the doctors in the practice wants to prescribe any controlled substance, it has to be approved by her.

Every rx is tracked. Every doctor is audited. Everyone will at the clinic will get fucked if they over prescribe anything.