Doctor Shopping- whats the penalty?
A friend of mine is in deep. She called me up crying because she may be in big trouble. I told her I would see what I could do because she wasnt finding any info online.
I always bought my pills off of friends and dont know much about "doctor shopping". Apparently she has gotten 9 lortab prescriptions in the past 2 months, totaling about 200 pills. She said she didnt forge them, just exaggerated and got doctors to write them out for her.
She said that the other day she went to the pharmacy to get her meds and was "flagged" for copious amounts of prescription narcotics and the pharmacist didnt fill it and called the doctor.
I dont know what type of trouble she could be in. Technically the prescriptions are valid (she said all 9 came from 3 doctors) and she was taking them, not selling. Anyone know what could happen to her or what the likelihood is that she is in big trouble?