09 Jul 10 DEA crackdown leads to pain pill shortage
Two suspended pill wholesalers were big in South Florida A federal shutdown of pain pill sales at two wholesale drug firms prominent in South Florida has led to a shortage of oxycodone, an inexpensive narcotic popular in the area’s controversial pain clinics.
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DEA crackdown leads to pain pill shortage
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18 May 10 Clinic operator pleads guilty to drug charge, Medicare fraud
The operator of a chain of pain clinics has pleaded guilty to a federal drug crime and Medicare fraud.Troy Wubbena, 44, who is listed in state records as director of Neurology & Pain Center Inc., ran pain clinics in Tampa, St. Petersburg, Lakeland, Sarasota, Orlando and Jacksonville with physician Jeffrey Friedlander.
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12 May 10 Former Jacksonville clinic co-owner pleads guilty in Tampa prescription drug case
The co-owner of a chain of pain clinics shut down by federal authorities last year, including one in Jacksonville, has pleaded guilty in Tampa to conspiring to distribute the prescription drug Oxycodone. Physician assistant Troy Wubbena of Tampa faces up to 20 years in prison and $1 million in fines after his guilty plea Monday.
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Former Jacksonville clinic co-owner pleads guilty in Tampa prescription drug case
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10 May 10 Pain clinic owner admits to falsifying prescriptions
The owner of a chain of pain clinics pleaded guilty today to federal drug conspiracy, admitting he obtained pain pill prescriptions without patients’ knowledge and sold the pills.
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10 May 10 Martin County Crime Blotter
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Martin County Crime Blotter
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