Whitey Ford
02-04-2020, 12:26 PM
Doctor to pop star Prince disciplined for prescribing pain medication
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The Minnesota Board of Medical Practice last month reprimanded Dr. Michael Schulenberg and ordered him to pay a civil penalty of $4,648. The board did not name Prince, but the Star Tribune reports he was identified as “Patient No. 1” and his longtime friend and bodyguard Kirk Johnson as “Patient No. 2.”
Schulenberg initially told the board he didn’t know painkillers he prescribed for Johnson were intended for Prince. But his story changed last August when he met with board authorities and discussed one clinic visit.
Deez painkillers beez fo' muh bodyguard an sheeyit!
“Patient #2 initially asked for a controlled substance for Patient #1, but (Schulenberg) declined,” according to the board. “Patient #2 then asked for a controlled substance for Patient #2, and (Schulenberg) issued a prescription for a controlled substance.”
Prince was 57 when he died of an accidental fentanyl overdose at his Paisley Park studio home in Chanhassen, Minnesota, on April 21, 2016. No one was criminally charged in his death, and the source of the counterfeit pills that killed him remains unknown. Authorities said it was likely Prince didn’t know he was taking the synthetic opioid that is 50 times more powerful than heroin.
Authorities said Schulenberg admitted prescribing oxycodone, a different opioid, to Prince’s bodyguard Johnson in the days before Prince died, knowing the drug would go to Prince. Schulenberg disputed that allegation, although he paid $30,000 in 2018 to settle a federal civil violation alleging the drug was prescribed illegally.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/3/michael-schulenberg-prince-doctor-fined-prescribin/
https://i.imgur.com/iKYjxuR.jpg
The Minnesota Board of Medical Practice last month reprimanded Dr. Michael Schulenberg and ordered him to pay a civil penalty of $4,648. The board did not name Prince, but the Star Tribune reports he was identified as “Patient No. 1” and his longtime friend and bodyguard Kirk Johnson as “Patient No. 2.”
Schulenberg initially told the board he didn’t know painkillers he prescribed for Johnson were intended for Prince. But his story changed last August when he met with board authorities and discussed one clinic visit.
Deez painkillers beez fo' muh bodyguard an sheeyit!
“Patient #2 initially asked for a controlled substance for Patient #1, but (Schulenberg) declined,” according to the board. “Patient #2 then asked for a controlled substance for Patient #2, and (Schulenberg) issued a prescription for a controlled substance.”
Prince was 57 when he died of an accidental fentanyl overdose at his Paisley Park studio home in Chanhassen, Minnesota, on April 21, 2016. No one was criminally charged in his death, and the source of the counterfeit pills that killed him remains unknown. Authorities said it was likely Prince didn’t know he was taking the synthetic opioid that is 50 times more powerful than heroin.
Authorities said Schulenberg admitted prescribing oxycodone, a different opioid, to Prince’s bodyguard Johnson in the days before Prince died, knowing the drug would go to Prince. Schulenberg disputed that allegation, although he paid $30,000 in 2018 to settle a federal civil violation alleging the drug was prescribed illegally.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/3/michael-schulenberg-prince-doctor-fined-prescribin/