Doctor Charged With Peddling Opioids in $250 Office Visits

Doctor Charged With Peddling Opioids in $250 Office Visits
Oxycodone pain pills were among the opioids allegedly prescribed illicitly by a doctor in western Pennsylvania, who was indicted by the Department of Justice on Oct. 24, 2017. John Moore/Getty Images
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Senior Reporter
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WASHINGTON—A doctor in Western Pennsylvania has been charged with 13 counts of prescribing narcotics—Oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine sulfate, and methadone—outside the usual course of professional practice and not for legitimate medical purposes.  
Andrzej Kazimierz Zielke, 62, is a medical doctor who owned and operated Medical Frontiers, which advertised as a holistic pain management practice, located in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Senior Reporter
Charlotte Cuthbertson is a senior reporter with The Epoch Times who primarily covers border security and the opioid crisis.
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