A US compounding pharmacist has been accused of ordering bulk hydrocodone and oxycodone powder and compounding them into tablets for sale.
Karl O'Dell, owner of Pure Compounding in Ashland, Kentucky allegedly supplied so-called "pill mill" pain clinics whose patients were having difficulty getting prescriptions filled.
Police claim he told doctors to write scripts for amounts not typically commercially available, with the pharmacist charged with federal conspiracy and "misrepresenting medications".
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