KANSAS pharmacist, Tamara Jo Nyachira, has clearly been listening to US President, Donald Trump, rather than his Pharmaceutical Society of Australia peer, Dr Chris Freeman, when it comes to the use of hydroxychloroquine.
While Freeman has been urging Australian pharmacists to exercise caution when dispensing the anti-malaria, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus treatment, following reports that it could prevent and treat COVID-19, the 40-year-old has been caught helping herself to the medication using faked prescriptions, US authorities revealed.
Prosecutors allege that in Mar, Nyachira had used a number of forged scripts to gain access to supplies of antibiotics and hydroxychloroquine.
They also claim the pharmacist fraudulently obtained a codeine-based medication, the St Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
If convicted Nyachira will face a fine of up to US$250,000 and three years behind bars for each charge relating to forged scripts for anti-infection medications, while the controlled substance charge carries a penalty of up to four years imprisonment.
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