Anonymous complaint alleged that compounding pharmacy compounded commercially available products (Untraflex and/or Neuro-Gel Plus) and shipped them to physicians’ offices in a contiguous state.
Investigation revealed that pharmacy is not compounding commercially available products and that the products are being billed as prescribed.
Prior discipline: none
Recommendation: Dismiss
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Tennessee Board of Pharmacy Board Meeting involved a complaint about a compounding pharmacy
The July 26-27, 2012 Tennessee Board of Pharmacy Board Meeting involved a complaint about a compounding pharmacy that was making commercially available products. The complaint was dismissed. Here is the entry from the meeting minutes:
Apothecure, Inc. and Gary Osborn Get No Jail Time: $100,000 Fine Imposed
The judge has sentenced Gary Osborn on Counts 1-2 to 1 year of probation and imposed a $100,000 fine. The judge has sentenced Apothecure Inc., Counts 1-2 to 5 years of probation and imposed a $100,000 fine.
Meningitis Cases Are Linked to Steroid Injections in Spine
By DENISE GRADY
Published: October 2, 2012
Dr. April Pettit, an infectious diseases specialist at Vanderbilt University, was worried about her patient. He had been ill withmeningitis for two weeks, he was not getting better, and she could not figure out why. Antibiotics, the usual treatment, were not helping. Bacteria, the usual suspects, could not be found. Click here to read the rest of the article.
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