Online Pharmacy Truepill Wrongly Filled Prescriptions, DEA Says
- Patients with telehealth companies like Cerebral used service
- Company shipped controlled substances including Adderall
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US drug enforcement officials are considering prohibiting online pharmacy Truepill from dispensing controlled substances after alleging that the company wrongly filled thousands of prescriptions for ADHD medicines such as Adderall.
Truepill mailed prescriptions to the homes of patients who used online mental health treatment services such as Cerebral, which is under investigation by the Department of Justice for possible violations of the Controlled Substances Act. A Bloomberg Businessweek investigation found that some of Cerebral’s clinicians felt pressured to prescribe stimulant medications and that the company wasn’t prepared to treat some high-risk patients.