Prescription Fraud Defense Attorney

Prescription Fraud Means Trying to Get Drugs with a Fake Prescription or Using Someone Else's Prescription
Prescription Fraud is a Serious Offense. Contact Schmierlaw if you are chaged with felony Prescription Fraud

Prescription Fraud includes giving a fake prescription to a pharmacist, doctor shopping to get multiple prescriptions, or being dishonest when you obtain a controlled substance from a doctor, pharmacist, or other prescription outlet . Physicians who prescribe drugs without a legitimate purpose may be accused of prescription fraud as well.

Using a fake or altered prescription or using the prescription belonging to someone else is considered Prescription Fraud. Another common practice is going to different doctors to get the same controlled substance. Often time chronic sufferers, after legitimately being prescribed opiates, such as Vicoden or Oxycontin, find themselves needing larger and larger doses and resorting to prescription fraud to obtain their drugs.

Drugs stores and pharmacies dispense certain drugs which are Federally regulated and they must report to a national database the sale of certain controlled substances. This means that drug transactions are generally traceable and a video record is typically made of each transaction If you are charged with Prescription Fraud, you need an aggressive and experience criminal defense attorney who will examine all the facts.

Consulting an experienced criminal defense attorney is essential when charged with prescription fraud or any drug crime. It can mean the difference between a bright or an uncertain future. Contact an experienced criminal defense lawyer skilled in drug crimes including prescription fraud if you have been charged with a drug crime. Contact Schmierlaw for an intital. No-cost consultation.