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full screen Several different pharmacies reported the doctor. Archive image. Photo: Hasse Holmberg/TT
An elderly doctor in Uppsala abused narcotic cough medicine for several decades and prescribed large amounts for himself, reports P4 Uppland.
During 2022, the doctor was notified by four different pharmacies in Uppsala. According to the reports, he must have collected over 100 bottles of the cough medicine in less than a year, writes UNT.
The doctor has admitted to the Swedish Care Inspectorate (Ivo) that he started prescribing the medicine to himself already in the 1980s, and has since developed a severe addiction.
The Health Care Accountability Board (HSAN) is now withdrawing the man’s authorization to prescribe narcotic drugs.