A doctor who prescribed tranquillisers to a 15-year-old recovering heroin addict has been found guilty of professional misconduct.
Dr Denis O'Dwyer, a general practioner (GP), faced 10 allegations of professional misconduct or poor professional performance over his care of the unnamed patient.
The patient, who is now 18, was 15 when he first began seeing the GP at his Kildare surgery in July 2009.
Over an 18-month period he obtained 21 prescriptions for the tranquilliser benzodiazepine until he was banned from the surgery in early 2011, a Medical Council fitness to practice hearing was told.
Source: Fergus Black, Irish Independent, 09/01/2012
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