Meet Anna Nicole Smith’s doctor

February 15, 2007

He apparently prescribed methadone for her alias, which is illegal:

TMZ obtained documents which show that on August 25, 2006, just 13 days before Smith gave birth, Dr. Kapoor wrote a prescription for methadone. The prescription, RX#2846735, was written for Michelle Chase. TMZ has learned that Michelle Chase was an alias Anna Nicole used. Under California law, it’s illegal to prescribe a controlled substance to a false name.

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{ 5 comments }

1 Anonymous February 15, 2007 at 10:54 am: So… Are we going to see a circling of the wagons for defending this a**clown when it comes to criminal prosecution and revocation of licensure?
2 Anonymous February 15, 2007 at 5:32 pm: Why would I defend this? He broke the law, he should be punished as prescribed in the applicable statute.
3 Margaret Thatcher February 15, 2007 at 5:43 pm: We need to see the relevant statutes before drawing conclusions. An alias is not always the same thing as an illegal false name.
4 Anonymous February 15, 2007 at 7:01 pm: How did TMZ obtain these documents? Doesn’t anybody care about the confidentiality of medical care of celebrities? If privacy is so porous, it seems to me that using an alias in getting treatment is warranted.

(Of course that completely ignores the question of the propriety of prescribing a narcotic for someone with her history–different subject)
5 Anonymous February 21, 2007 at 2:49 pm: No real doctor would ever send 500 ml of methadone to someone. This is a very good drug..but it needs very close monitoring and control for all prescribed uses. If Ms. Smith was on methadone for opiate addiction(my opinion);the Federal laws for prescribing and administration for that are very specific and very regulated. How many other people are truly suffering because of the very unethical practices of this ‘doctor’?? I am sure that there are methadone clinics in the Bahamas, where Ms. Smith would have received the appropriate treatment. If her son’s methadone came from this quack…..lock him up…protect folks!!