Florida doctor accepted $160,000 in bribes to prescribe unnecessary fentanyl, feds say

Miami Herald

Florida pain doctor to pay $1.5 million to settle US government’s lawsuit accusing him of accepting thousands of dollars to unnecessarily prescribe fentanyl product to patients , federal prosecutors announced. In exchange for $159,580 in bribes, Dr. Edward Lubin prescribed a company’s fentanyl spray to dozens of people without a valid medical reason between 2014 …

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Florida doctor accepted $160,000 in bribes to prescribe unnecessary fentanyl, feds say

A Florida doctor accepted a companys bribes to prescribe their fentanyl spray to patients, feds say.

A Florida doctor accepted bribes from a company to prescribe its fentanyl spray to his patients, the federal government alleges. Hush Naidoo Jade Photography via Unsplash A Florida pain management doctor will pay $1.5 million to settle the U.S. governments lawsuit filed against him accusing him of accepting thousands of dollars to unnecessarily prescribe a …

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CVS drops cold medicines after FDA advisers say they are unnecessary

CVS drops cold medicines after FDA advisers say they are unnecessary

Enlarge / A box of Sudafed PE sinus pressure and pain medication containing phenylephrine is displayed for sale at a CVS Pharmacy store in Hawthorne, California, September 12, 2023. Pharmacy giant CVS revealed late last week that it is voluntarily removing some cold and flu medications from its shelves because they don’t work, while many …

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