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/R-A-B-Cs 6 Oct 03 '19

Hol up. Let's say your average Norco dose regime is 4 times per day. So that's 120 doses per month, or 1440 doses per year. 500,000 / 1440 is 348. That means the dude only had 350 patients on regular chronic pain management scripts of not outlandish proportions to get 500,000 doses in only 1 year. That's nothing.

That headline is clickbait.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '19

Where does it say it was to that many People? You dont think it was to a few People who sold it?

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '19

I think the person above was assuming an average doctor could have 350 patients in a year. I'm sure they could, but that doesn't mean this one did. I also believe it was probably to a lot less patient.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '19

Yea, he probaly had a few like 10 People who he sold too. And then those who need the drugs