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This is my Dr. 1
« on: May 18th, 2005, 3:03pm » |
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Dr. Richard A. Nelson called about 50 patients to his office last Thursday to deliver the news: federal officers had raided his office, seized records and told him to stop prescribing certain narcotic painkillers.
The patients, whom Nelson treated for chronic pain from injuries, cancer and other ailments, were shocked.
"We were angry and I guess a bit frightened about what we're going do, who's going to treat us," said Mike Bledsoe, 52, who has been seeing Nelson for about two years to ease the agony of a work-related injury and other problems. "It's a bad situation."
Some patients have contacted the office of Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., asking about the April 20 visit by the Drug Enforcement Administration to Nelson's office.
"Something needs to be done," Bledsoe said. "This is not, as the DEA might put it, a drug-dealing doctor treating a bunch of junkies. That's not what's going on here."
DEA officials won't offer specifics about the case except that agents served an "administrative inspection warrant" at Nelson's office and seized records and some pharmaceuticals. The raid was low-key - no drawn guns or SWAT gear.
No one has been arrested and no criminal charges have been filed.
"This is an ongoing investigation," said Karen Flowers, a DEA spokeswoman in Denver.
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