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In the Northern District of West Virginia, a case was brought against an orthopedic surgeon who allegedly used fraudulent prescriptions to obtain tablets of acetaminophen-codeine for his own use. To obtain the pills, the surgeon allegedly wrote out prescriptions using his DEA number, and in the names of a relative even though the pills were for his own use, using a driver’s license that he had stolen from a colleague to obtain the pills from pharmacy.

Dr. Chad Poage, an osteopath from Bridgeport, is accused of illegally writing prescriptions for two individuals in 2018 for acetaminophen-codeine. The “defendant knew the prescription was false” and that the drugs were for the doctor. Poage agreed to a consent order in 2018 for misusing prescription controlled substances where he admitted to a substance use disorder. Poage agreed to undergo treatment as a condition of keeping his license under the order. The order with the state Board of Osteopathic Medicine also requires him to not violate or be charged with violating any state or federal criminal laws.

See https://www.justice.gov/opa/page/file/1154971/download