Florida Psychiatrist barred from prescribing drugs

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http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1303563.htmlPosted on Wed, Oct. 28, 2009North Miami Beach pain doctor barred from prescribing drugsFlorida's surgeon general has halted a North Miami Beach pain doctor from prescribing pain drugs and tranquilizers, saying in an emergency order that Dr. Michael I. Rose's ``excessively high doses'' of drugs left at least one patient ``at immediate risk of mortality.''In an emergency administrative order signed last week, Surgeon General Ana M. Viamonte Ros restricted Rose from prescribing or dispensing any controlled substances. Rose is a psychiatrist who operates the 163rd Street Pain Clinic at 1131 NE 163rd St.Viamonte Ros criticized Rose for prescribing hundreds of painkillers to a 45-year-old woman with HIV and scores of pain pills and tranquilizers to a 50-year-old man.The order says the state Department of Health, will seek a ``formal restriction or discipline'' of Rose. Rose did not return calls seeking comment.-- CAROL MARBIN MILLER =====In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.