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Showing 58 of 730 cases · page 7 of 8.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Pharmacy technician accused of removing pills from a filled Oxycontin prescription and returning it to conceal the theft
2012-12
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Maryland Rockville, MD |
a retail pharmacy chain location | Oxycontin 15 mg | Alleged to have pulled a customer's filled prescription from the staging area, removed pills, and returned the prescription to the staging area; the customer later reported 198 of 270 pills missing | not stated | Registration summarily suspended pending a show cause hearing | none documented | source |
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Pharmacy technician admitted diverting Valium, Promethazine/Codeine Syrup, Vicodin, Loratadine, and Soma from Pharmacy A
2012-07
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Maryland | Pharmacy A | Valium, Promethazine/Codeine Syrup, Vicodin, Loratadine, and Soma | Admitted diverting drugs from Pharmacy A from the fall of 2010 until the spring of 2011; obtained the drugs for a family member and a friend, not for personal use. | not stated | Summarily suspended on January 31, 2012; permanently surrendered registration to practice as a pharmacy technician, with the Board accepting the surrender as a final order. | none documented | source |
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A pharmacy technician diverted narcotics by taking and selling them, and the pharmacy's controlled-substance records were found inaccurate as a result
2012-05
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Mississippi | a retail pharmacy | hydrocodone and alprazolam | A pharmacy technician took narcotics from the pharmacy and sold them; a subsequent state board order found the pharmacy had failed to maintain accurate records of the receipt and disposal of hydrocodone and alprazolam over an extended period. | not stated | The technician was terminated and the technician's license was revoked by the state pharmacy board; the pharmacy itself was placed on two years' probation, fined $5,000, and assessed investigation costs by that board. A separate state board later granted the pharmacy's out-of-state permit application subject to one year of probation because of these violations. | none documented | source |
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Registered nurse signed out extra OxyContin, Percocet, and oxycodone not given to residents and forged a narcotic sheet
2011-01
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Alaska | Long-term care facility for residents (not named in the Alaska board summary) | OxyContin, Percocet, oxycodone | signed out extra doses not given to residents and forged another registered nurse's initials on a narcotic sheet | not stated | consent agreement with five years probation, chemical dependency treatment, random drug screening, and employment restrictions | none documented | source |
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Registered nurse diverted morphine and fentanyl from Children's Hospital of Wisconsin stock or waste
2004-11
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Wisconsin Milwaukee County, Wisconsin |
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin | morphine and fentanyl | The Board found that the nurse diverted morphine and fentanyl from hospital stock or waste for personal use over four years until June 28, 2004, and consumed the substances at work without a prescription or other authority. The nurse was also criminally charged with unlawfully obtaining a controlled substance. | not stated | License suspended for six months, then indefinitely, with conditions including treatment, monitoring, and restricted access to controlled substances; partial costs of $200. | none documented | source |
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Family practice physician's license revoked after ingesting morphine in violation of probation
2004-01
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Maryland Catonsville, MD |
Practice | Morphine | violated a prior Board consent order and rehabilitation contract by ingesting morphine | not stated | Revocation of license; barred from applying for reinstatement for 3 years | none documented | source |
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Physician assistant's certification revoked after guilty plea to illegally distributing oxycodone
2004-01
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Maryland Montgomery, PA |
Montgomery, PA | Oxycodone | pled guilty to distributing Oxycodone not for legitimate medical purposes, and to falsely altering a certificate of discharge from the Army | not stated | Revocation of certification | none documented | source |
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Anesthesiologist placed on probation after being sanctioned for abusing fentanyl and Demerol
2003-07
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Maryland Los Angeles, CA |
Practice | fentanyl and Demerol (meperidine) | Found by a state medical board to have abused fentanyl and Demerol, controlled substances to which the physician had professional access. | not stated | 5 years probation subject to terms and conditions (reciprocal to an Arizona Medical Board sanction) | none documented | source |
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