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A federal jury convicted a Houston-area physician for unlawfully prescribing more than 1.3 million doses of opioids, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"According to court evidence, Parvez Qureshi, 56, of Houston, Texas, a medical doctor, conspired to and did unlawfully prescribe controlled substances from 2014 through February 2016 for patients at Spring Shadows Medical Clinic of Houston (Spring Shadows), a clinic owned by Rubeena Ayesha, an advanced practice nurse practitioner. <\/span><\/p>\n

Ayesha, 52, of Houston, previously pleaded guilty to participating in the scheme and is awaiting sentencing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trial evidence showed that Qureshi issued unlawful prescriptions for controlled substances to over 90 people on the clinic\u2019s busiest days. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"So-called \u201crunners\u201d brought numerous people to pose as patients at Spring Shadows and paid for their visits. Spring Shadows charged approximately $250-$500 for each patient visit and required payment in cash.<\/span><\/p>\n

The evidence also showed that Qureshi pre-signed prescriptions for controlled substances and issued prescriptions for patients who were not evaluated by a physician. <\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout the scheme, Qureshi wrote prescriptions for over 1.3 million dosage units of hydrocodone, and over 40,000 dosage units of oxycodone, both Schedule II controlled substances. <\/span><\/p>\n

Ayesha wrote prescriptions for over one million dosage units of carisoprodol, commonly known as Soma, a Schedule IV controlled substance, usually for patients who had also been prescribed oxycodone or hydrocodone by Qureshi.<\/span><\/p>\n

The combination of oxycodone\/hydrocodone and carisoprodol is a dangerous drug cocktail with no known medical benefit. The clinic made over $4 million from prescriptions issued in the scheme, over $1.5 million of which went to Qureshi.<\/span><\/p>\n

Qureshi was convicted of one count of conspiracy to unlawfully distribute and dispense controlled substances and four counts of unlawfully distributing and dispensing controlled substances. <\/span><\/p>\n

He is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 10 and is facing up to 20 years in prison for each count.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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