Pharmacist who forged Rx faces loss of license for three years
March 31, 2008
Pascal Osei, a pharmacist who was working temporarily at a CVS pharmacy in Randolph, N.J., has admitted that he turned in a forged prescription for oxycodone under a fake name back in 2006. The ruse was discovered through an internal probe. State authorities are recommending that he be sentenced to three years? probation and that he surrender his license for three years. Osei has pleaded guilty and will be sentenced in May.
Via Drug Topics.
According to and old post at JP:
95% OF ALL PHARMACISTS HAVE DIVERTED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FOR THEIR OWN USE.65% OF THESE PHARMACISTS STOLE THE MEDICINE FROM THEIR PLACE OF WORK.
40% OF THESE PHARMACISTS HAVE ENGAGED IN THE ILLICIT USE OF POTENTIALLY ADDICTIVE MIND ALTERING DRUGS (PAPDs
potentially addictive pharmaceutical drugs).
It Brings up an interesting point about the numbers of Pharmacists who have diverted drugs in their career, be it 1 800mg tab of Ibuprophen or 2 tabs of Vicoden ES.
What’s going on here? We can almost expect diversion from unscrupulous Technicians, but our trusted Pharmacists?
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