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A Medical Madoff: Anesthesiologist Faked Data in 21 Studies

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Cane

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Oct 14, 2009, 12:56:12 AM10/14/09
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This may be old news to some, but I just found out about it a couple days
ago.

I would be real careful with the treatment regimes that are being used that
are based on this fraud

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=a-medical-madoff-anesthestesiologist-faked-data

Cane


Michael B

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Oct 14, 2009, 6:16:55 AM10/14/09
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Part of the problem here is that pain treatment protocols
have been modified to include some of the results, and
DEA expectations have incorporated the "not as much
narcotic needs to be used" mantra. It would be nice to be
able to expect all field agents to have been fully informed
on the extent of the fraudulent data, and its ramifications,
but it's quite unlikely.

On Oct 14, 12:56 am, "Cane" <notavaila...@home.com> wrote:
> This may be old news to some, but I just found out about it a couple days
> ago.
>
> I would be real careful with the treatment regimes that are being used that
> are based on this fraud
>

> http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=a-medical-madoff-ane...
>
> Cane

Kofi

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Oct 21, 2009, 9:58:58 PM10/21/09
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Has this guy been charged yet?

Michael B

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Oct 22, 2009, 8:32:55 PM10/22/09
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He's currently on medical leave, and his lawyers are
assuring that he deeply regrets it.
He's got 72 articles to his name.
And what shall he be charged with? Publication forgery?

Melancholy Rosas

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Oct 25, 2009, 1:45:48 AM10/25/09
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On Oct 13, 9:56 pm, "Cane" <notavaila...@home.com> wrote:
> This may be old news to some, but I just found out about it a couple days
> ago.
>
> I would be real careful with the treatment regimes that are being used that
> are based on this fraud
>
> http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=a-medical-madoff-ane...
>
> Cane

Michael B

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Oct 25, 2009, 3:22:47 AM10/25/09
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There are plenty of URL's that are shorter, and would not
have caused the second half to be chopped off. Such as
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123672510903888207.html
Notice that one of the meds the good pain doctor lied about
is Lyrica. His best punishment would be to be prescribed
the fraudulently endorsed pain meds after surgery, instead
of the ones verified by genuine patient experience.
In the meantime, they might be able to get him for theft by
deception for the amount of those multiple grants, and to
have the IRS go after him for the amounts of the value of
the multiple junkets he was sent on for conference
speaking engagements.
The medical community does indeed want to see him
seriously punished, and would rather see him made totally
destitute as a warning to anybody else using similar report
fabrication.

Kofi

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Oct 27, 2009, 7:53:02 PM10/27/09
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In article
<ddb056eb-a339-4a67...@b18g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>,
Michael B <baug...@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> He's currently on medical leave, and his lawyers are
> assuring that he deeply regrets it.
> He's got 72 articles to his name.
> And what shall he be charged with? Publication forgery?

Fraud.

Did he get grants?

Was the information submitted to the FDA?

Was it used to sell products or make recommendations (e.g., for
insurance coverage)?

How about reckless indifference to human life - if you can prove a
chronic pain patient died following one of his protocols?

Michael B

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Oct 28, 2009, 7:22:18 PM10/28/09
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In another thread I noted theft by deception. That's another
name for fraud.
But it would be the drug company to initiate such action,
and they want to distance themselves from the whole
thing. And his employer didn't fire him on the spot.

On Oct 27, 7:53 pm, Kofi <k...@anon.un> wrote:
> In article
> <ddb056eb-a339-4a67-a81e-e9aa637cc...@b18g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>,

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