A doctor has been censured for serious misconduct after she admitted falsifying prescriptions to feed her drug addiction. These include informing future employers of her misconduct, prohibiting her from prescribing or dispensing controlled drugs and remaining under supervision. The doctor's offending occurred over 15 months to May last year and involved multiple prescriptions for prescription medicine zopiclone and/or controlled drug triazolam, a benzodiazepine. In the agreed summary of facts, she acknowledged she had self-prescribed zopiclone and triazolam between February 2014 and May last year. The medical professional is working with the doctor to wean her off both drugs, according to the tribunal report.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 10, 2016 06:22 UTC