Ryszard Zebrak, a doctor from Spotsylvania, used the name of a dead relative to write prescriptions for himself.
The order says that on 33 occasions from Jan. ‘06 to Jan. ‘07, Zebrak wrote prescriptions for Bontril and Adipex-P in the name of family member who had died Sept. 16, 2006. It is unclear if the family member used the prescriptions before their death.
Zebrak admitted to the board that he used the prescriptions to get approximately 1,080 doses of the Bontril and 570 doses of Adipex-P. The drugs are used for weight loss. He denied giving the medicine to anyone else and said that he does not abuse legal or illegal drugs.
In January, after a call from a pharmacist, Zebrak stopped writing the prescriptions and stopped taking the meds. He said he had no withdrawal symptoms.
Zebrak said he was sorry and told the board that he struggles with his weight and was too embarrassed to talk to his primary care physician about weight loss medication. A search reveals that a Ryszard Zebrak, 34 from Fredericksburg, is in fact a psychiatrist.
Zebrak was also in trouble for prescribing the same medicine he was taking to five other patients without performing a comprehensive weight analysis.
Zebrak was reprimanded. A psychiatric evaluation in March cleared Zebrak of the possibility of addictive behavior. The doctor agreed to outpatient therapy.
In addition to the therapy, Zebrak has to take some continuing education classes in record keeping and prescribing drugs.
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