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Psychiatrist accused of illegally marketing GHB
    #5486720 - 04/06/06 03:05 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

Date-rape drug indictment
Doctor accused in illegal marketing of prescription Rx

BY KATHLEEN KERR
Newsday Staff Writer
April 6, 2006

A psychiatrist accused of illegally marketing a drug commonly prescribed for narcolepsy patients - and taking tens of thousands of dollars from its manufacturer to do so - was indicted yesterday in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn.

The indictment, announced by U.S. Attorney Roslynn Mauskopf, charges that Thomas Gleason, who lives in Maryland, participated in a nationwide scheme to illegally promote the prescription drug Xyrem to physicians, including some in Great Neck, for unapproved medical purposes and concealed that fact from insurance companies.

The active ingredient in Xyrem is GHB, a central nervous system depressant classified by the federal government as a "date rape" drug; it can induce deep sleep and cause serious side effects, including confusion and abnormal thinking. The indictment charges that Gleason suggested to physicians that Xyrem was not a date rape drug and was safe for young children, although it was not.

The indictment charges that Gleason conspired with the company that made Xyrem, Orphan Medical Inc., in Minnetonka, Minn., to promote it for unapproved uses including chronic pain and weight loss. Orphan Medical allegedly relied on Gleason to give lectures promoting Xyrem to physicians and paid him tens of thousands of dollars to do so. Two lectures Gleason gave occurred at physicians' meetings in Great Neck, one last November and the other on March 6.

Although physicians can prescribe drugs for a variety of uses, pharmaceutical companies may only market them for FDA-approved treatments. Gleason was charged with introducing such a drug into interstate commerce, health care fraud and conspiracy to commit those offenses. An arraignment date has not been set.

"Illegal marketing of prescription medications for unauthorized medical uses is a serious and increasingly widespread crime that we are committed to prosecuting," Mauskopf said.

Thomas DiBiasi, a Nutley, N.J., attorney who represents Gleason, said: "Our client adamantly maintains his innocence and looks forward to his day in court."

http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzghb4691321apr06,0,7657250.story

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Re: Psychiatrist accused of illegally marketing GHB [Re: asd11]
    #5486992 - 04/06/06 04:41 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

GHB is a very good treatment for insomnia but because of the date rape association it cannot be prescribed. Yet other drugs effective in Date rape such as any benzo are prescribed. And of course the main date rape drug which is very popular is alcohol.
It just makes no sense.

Edited by abrad84 (04/07/06 03:44 AM)

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Re: Psychiatrist accused of illegally marketing GHB [Re: asd11]
    #5487061 - 04/06/06 05:09 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

I had no idea they made a prescription GHB pill for narcolepsy.

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