Censure and fine for self-prescribing surgeon who treated patients while an addict

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Censure and fine for self-prescribing surgeon who treated patients while an addict

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An orthopaedic surgeon was treating patients and prescribing high-powered, addictive drugs to himself and his family while he was addicted to alcohol and drugs says the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal
“He self-prescribed a range of drugs including codeine phosphate, tramadol hydrochloride, citalopram hydrobromide, propranolol and oxycodone on 150 oc