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Old 05-06-2012, 09:14 AM   #1
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Woman Jailed For Trying To Fill A Prescription

Awesome that POLICE and Pharmacists work so closely together



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Woman Jailed For Trying To Fill A Prescription


Now she is suing CVS Pharmacy for False Imprisonment, Defamation and more. Her attorney, Jeff Benton, said her arrest could have been prevented had proper procedures been followed.

“Every doctor that prescribes a narcotic had a DEA number that’s unique to them and if that is cross referenced and the correct doctor is contacted then I don’t imagine that this type of thing would happen,” Benton said. “We suspect the wrong doctor was contacted because they didn’t cross reference the DEA number.”

Everyday pharmacies fill millions of prescriptions for controlled substances. Those drugs are monitored by the DEA.

Lenhart’s doctor confirmed in an affidavit that he wrote the prescription for her and that he never received a call from CVS asking to confirm the prescription. Benton thinks the pharmacy may have called the wrong physician.


more Shoddy Police Work
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Old 05-06-2012, 09:33 PM   #2
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And I think there will be more of this kind of thing. They are getting so strict with narcotics because of the abuse of them. Its going to make those of us who use it properly have a hard time getting it.
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I guess nobody associated with the reportage knows how a doctor's office operates. The clinic manager would have taken that call, not the physician. Someone should have asked the manager before this became headline news. (this is assuming the doctor who wrote the prescription was the one from Baylor and not the guy in Haiti)
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