07/29/2019    

OPIOID CRISIS UPDATE

FL Podiatrist Ordered over 147,000 Opioid Pills from 2006-12

 

As deaths from opioids reached crisis levels in Florida, pharmaceutical companies doped the state up with nearly 5.6 billion prescription pain pills between 2006 and 2012, new data shows. Recently released figures from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration open an unprecedented window into the sheer volume of prescription opioids that made their way into the state — legally — and set off a drug crisis that would eventually claim thousands of lives.

 

Included on this list is David I Olinsky, DPM of North Miami Beach who purchased 147,200 oxycodone and hydrocodone pills. A doctor's appearance in this list does not necessarily mean they have been accused of overprescribing, but reflects that they purchased prescription opioids during the specified timeframe.

 

Source: Aric Chokey and Skyler Swisher, South Florida Sun Sentinel [7/27/19]