St. Louis County Circuit Court Malpractice Trial Targets Prescription Drug Addiction

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A malpractice trial expected to end Friday in St. Louis County Circuit Court alleged a dentist improperly prescribed painkillers to a woman, leading to her eventual addiction to the drugs.

Dr. Howard Schwadron prescribed increasing doses of Class II narcotics, including Hyrdocodone and OxyContin, to Julie Jenkins for two years following a July 2000 cosmetic dentistry procedure.

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St. Louis County Circuit Court Malpractice Trial Targets Prescription Drug Addiction

Jenkins claimed she became increasingly dependent on the medications and in 2003 was treated twice at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., for prescription d...

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