Not the sharpest tool in the box - Dr. Peter R. Pfeiffer
From today's
Bellingham Herald:
DEA accuses Bellingham doctor of illegally selling painkillers over the Internet
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is investigating a Bellingham doctor who is accused of illegally prescribing a popular painkiller to hundreds of people over the Internet since November.
Peter R. Pfeiffer, who also is an anesthesiologist, allegedly prescribed 34,300 hydrocodone pills within three months to people in 12 states, the DEA announced Monday, April 20. Pfeiffer could not be reached for comment.
"The prescriptions were issued for other than legitimate medical purposes, and outside the scope of professional practice," the DEA said in a news release. "Dr. Pfeiffer allegedly failed to establish valid physician-patient relationship as required by multiple state laws and federal law."
Stupid as he was prescribing just the one drug and his scrips were written for 90 pills each. If you are going to leave a paper trail, don't make each piece of paper identical. Sheesh...
Posted by DaveH at April 21, 2009 3:34 PM
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