‘Egregious’ breach of legislation

A GP has been suspended for prescribing alprazolam, codeine, oxycodone and fentanyl without the proper authority A general practitioner from western Sydney has been reprimanded and suspended for six months over his prescribing practices related to 20 patients. The doctor was found to have prescribed alprazolam for 19 patients, and codeine, oxycodone and fentanyl separately