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Posted on Thursday, 25th September 2008 by dcooley

The DEA’s Diversion Control website provides a list of doctors convicted or with pending trials under The Controlled Substances Act.  Unfortunately, it is nowhere near exhaustive.  Moreover, the list includes offline prescription convictions.  The list, for example, also would include a local doctor who might blindly write prescriptions for his or her patients.  In fact, [...]

Tags: Controlled Substances, Criminal Appeals, Criminal Defense, Doctors, Indictment, Internet Pharmacy Law, Non-Controlled Substances, Plea, Sentence, Trial
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Posted on Monday, 22nd September 2008 by dcooley

Dr. Joyce Wong Buckley, a doctor in Watertown, NY, of New Concepts Obstetrics & Gynecology was found to be grossly negligent for writing 75,000 online pharmacy prescriptions without prior physical examinations.  Dr. Wong Buckley was paid $150,000 for her services.  According to the Watertown Daily Times:
prescription drugs . . . received included Tramadol, generic of [...]

Tags: Administrative Hearing, Doctors, Hogan's Pharmacy, Internet Pharmacy Law, State Law
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Posted on Sunday, 21st September 2008 by dcooley

Michael A. Flynn, D.O, of Pennsylvania, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances via a number of internet pharmacy websites.  According to the DOJ’s press release, from January 1, 2007 through July 11, 2007:

Flynn, as a doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, conspired and agreed with Internet website owners, pharmacy owners and others to sell to [...]

Tags: Doctors, Internet Pharmacy Law, Plea
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Posted on Wednesday, 10th September 2008 by dcooley

Tim Knettler writes an interesting article over at CheckMd.com entitled “The Perils of Internet Prescribing.”  The article mainly focuses on weeding out the safe, legit pharmacies from the bad and specifically mentions the “Ryan Haight Act.”  This proposed legislation, currently introduced in Congress, would require a physical examination (or, as Mr. Knettler puts it, a doctor-patient relationship) [...]

Tags: Doctors, FSMB, Internet Pharmacy Law
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