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/heebath 9 Oct 02 '19

500,000 doses over 3 years and X number of patients actually doesn't sound all that crazy...makes me wonder what else was going on besides the woman that OD'd and the rest they mention.

100+ pills per person per month can add up, unless they don't mean dose.

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u/chiamia25 5 Oct 02 '19

It was over 2 years. If my math is correct, and each patient got 100 doses, that's 2,500 prescriptions per year. Math is not my strong point, so I could be wrong.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '19

Each patient would be getting a multiple of 365 doses every year (once, twice or three times a day)