Milford doctor who prescribed more than 2 million pills indicted
A doctor at a Milford practice has been charged with prescribing more than 2 million doses of oxycodone over a two-year span, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday.
Patrick Titus, a medical doctor and owner of Lighthouse Internal Medicine, was indicted with 14 counts of unlawful distribution and dispensing of controlled substances and one count of maintaining a drug-involved premise earlier this month, the announcement said.
Prosecutors said Titus issued many prescriptions that were not for legitimate medical purposes and seemed outside of normal prescribing practices. Titus wrote more than 25,000 prescriptions for oxycodone from July 2012 to December 2014.
Many patients paid cash for their visits. Initial doctor visits at Titus's practice were $225 upfront and $180 for monthly follow-up visits, court documents said.
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