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Originally Posted by The Shadow

Villages doctor stopped for DUI, faces prescription pill charges
Villages doctor dui pills - OrlandoSentinel.com

That's too bad,...hope she gets some help....

[graciegirl]

I am going to pose a very difficult question.

If you knew that an MD might possibly have problems with abusing alcohol or drugs would you go to him/her?

[Don Dukes]

I'm not sure a DUI and some pills in the bottom of her purse means she needs help. Most of us have gone out for a few drinks and driven home when we shouldn't have, and she's a doctor, so who knows what pills they might have, or if they were her pills that dropped out in her purse.

We don't know what may have been going in in her life on that day.

I'm not implying that driving drunk is good a good thing. I'm just saying that, maybe we shouldn't judge too quickly.

[Posh 08]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I am going to pose a very difficult question.

If you knew that an MD might possibly have problems with abusing alcohol or drugs would you go to him/her?

I would not if they were still abusing. If they were clean, I would.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Don Dukes

I'm not sure a DUI and some pills in the bottom of her purse means she needs help. Most of us have gone out for a few drinks and driven home when we shouldn't have, and she's a doctor, so who knows what pills they might have, or if they were her pills that dropped out in her purse.

We don't know what may have been going in in her life on that day.

I'm not implying that driving drunk is good a good thing. I'm just saying that, maybe we shouldn't judge too quickly.

Don...and by the way, welcome. I just met someone from your neck of the woods the other day.

You are correct on driving and drinking, not that uncommon. BUT...on the other subject, Doctors don't dispense pills anymore. (Like in the little envelopes when we were kids) They may have sample packs, but unless you would need them, why would you carry them? MD's don't make housecalls....And they wouldn't be someone elses pills in her purse. I think it looks pretty damning.

Gracie the suspicious...and going back to my question. Would you go to a doctor who was arrested for DUI and was carrying pills around in car?

Or would you go to another doctor who beat his wife and you didn't know about it?

Don..I am trying to be funny.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by Don Dukes

I'm not sure a DUI and some pills in the bottom of her purse means she needs help. Most of us have gone out for a few drinks and driven home when we shouldn't have, and she's a doctor, so who knows what pills they might have, or if they were her pills that dropped out in her purse.

We don't know what may have been going in in her life on that day. I'm not implying that driving drunk is good a good thing. I'm just saying that, maybe we shouldn't judge too quickly.

Some pills in the bottom of her purse? 251 pills in the bottom of her purse, according to the newspaper article.

I think we're mostly not judging, just saying that if she needs help, we hope she gets it.

[Posh 08]

If she can produce prescriptions that were written for her prior to this charge, it will probably be dropped. The DUI is another matter.

[Don Dukes]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Don...and by the way, welcome. I just met someone from your neck of the woods the other day.

You are correct on driving and drinking, not that uncommon. BUT...on the other subject, Doctors don't dispense pills anymore. (Like in the little envelopes when we were kids) They may have sample packs, but unless you would need them, why would you carry them? MD's don't make housecalls....And they wouldn't be someone elses pills in her purse. I think it looks pretty damning.

Gracie the suspicious...and going back to my question. Would you go to a doctor who was arrested for DUI and was carrying pills around in car?

Or would you go to another doctor who beat his wife and you didn't know about it?

Don..I am trying to be funny.

Originally Posted by Barefoot

Some pills in the bottom of her purse? 251 pills in the bottom of her purse, according to the newspaper article.

I think we're mostly not judging, just saying that if she needs help, we hope she gets it.

Sorry ladies, I need to put my reading glasses on. I didn't see the number of pills when reading the article.

Thank you Gracie. I've been reading the forum for a few days and decided to join in. My wife and I are going down soon to see what The Villages is all about.

[zcaveman]

Originally Posted by Don Dukes

Sorry ladies, I need to put my reading glasses on. I didn't see the number of pills when reading the article.

Thank you Gracie. I've been reading the forum for a few days and decided to join in. My wife and I are going down soon to see what The Villages is all about.

Please read the article referenced in the first post of this thread. It is different than the Daily Sun article.

[zcaveman]

Originally Posted by Posh 08

If she can produce prescriptions that were written for her prior to this charge, it will probably be dropped. The DUI is another matter.

Those 251 pills were for several different medications and not in marked medicine vials. A no-no right there.

[Posh 08]

Originally Posted by zcaveman

Those 251 pills were for several different medications and not in marked medicine vials. A no-no right there.

Precisely my point. If she comes up with proof of prescription, I predict a dismissal of that charge.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Posh 08

Precisely my point. If she comes up with proof of prescription, I predict a dismissal of that charge.

Alright...but it was a painkiller noted for it's addictive quality mentioned in the article. hydrcodone. I don't think if I had an issue with a neurological problem, I would want to go to someone who just very well be addicted to something. Her picture makes her appear to me, very drugged. Here is the link again.

Villages doctor dui pills - OrlandoSentinel.com

[angiefox10]

I'm pretty sure I could not!

In most businesses there is a standard that you are expected to live up to to continue working there. I would not want to go to a doctor who might be under the influence.

We are hiring these people. Would you hire someone to care for your elderly mother who had a drug and alcohol problem? I doubt it.

What are the chances they prescribe the wrong drug to you or preform and incorrect procedure? I think it's hard enough without outside influences interfering.

[Posh 08]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Alright...but it was a painkiller noted for it's addictive quality mentioned in the article. hydrcodone. I don't think if I had an issue with a neurological problem, I would want to go to someone who just very well be addicted to something. Her picture makes her appear to me, very drugged. Here is the link again.

Villages doctor dui pills - OrlandoSentinel.com

I think we are on the same page here. I said I couldn't use her services if she is addicted. If she went clean. Yes I could. How would we know though?

Her charges being dismissed doesn't mean she is not an addict.

I do wonder why the Feds may become involved.

[Mudder]

To answer Gracie's question....no I will not go to her. Now I'm really going to be yelled at, but......when I met her it was at a health fair event which was outside on what happened to be an unusually cold day a few months ago. The first thing that stuck me about her was what she was wearing. Everyone else had conservative clothing on, she however had a very low cut blouse on and each time she leaned over to talk to someone it was just too much. She would have looked more "doctorly" if she at least put a white coat on. She is much prettier than the mug shot. I feel a little bad for her, but she should know better. I'm looking for another neurologist.