National News Desk

Kansas City Pharmacist Says He Diluted Thousands of Prescriptions

Posted by Staff Writer
Monday, April 22, 2002 12:00 AM EST
Category: Major Medical
Tags: Medical Malpractice and Negligent Care, Pharmacists

Kansas City pharmacist Robert Courtney, who pled guilty to twenty Federal counts of drug tampering in February, has admitted to diluting over seventy types of medications, according to investigators with the FBI. Originally, Courtney told authorities that he diluted the chemotherapy drugs Taxol and Gemzar in order to save money. The pharmacist reportedly owed over $600,000 in taxes and nearly $300,000 to a local church. Officials now believe he may have diluted nearly 100,000 prescriptions, affecting over 4,000 patients. Courtney faces a possible fine of $15 million and hundreds of fraud and wrongful death lawsuits.


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