A doctor in Wasilla has been sentenced to close to three years in federal prison for illegally prescribing narcotics, which court documents say contributed to the overdose deaths of at least five patients.
David Chisholm, 64, served patients in his medical practice at the Camelot Family Health clinic in Wasilla. According to court documents, he illegally prescribed thousands of pills of a highly addictive nature to his patients, including oxycodone, methadone, hydrocodone, morphine, tramadol and fentanyl. An investigation revealed he did so “without a legitimate medical purpose,”Chisholm’s prescribing practices contributed to the overdose deaths of at least five patients, according to the U.S.
“At one point Chisholm’s practices became so egregious that Walmart refused to continue filling prescriptions he had written,” the release states. “In response, he instructed his staff to tell patients to go to other pharmacies.”
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