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Question by go_pali: in california if you violate the patient physician narcotics law are there any consequences?
my friend violated his patient physician narcotics agreement bye having two doctors prescribe medication are there any consequences to this

bye the ways hes not a drug addict and he wasnt doctor shopping
i meant patient physician narcotics agreement

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Answer by Kvdp
I’d suggest there might be clinical consequences, if he’s on two different kinds of treatment without coordination between the two. One of the biggest challenges for clinicians is patients self-medicating or mixing up treatments – it makes it much harder to help them.

If your friend isn’t an addict and wasn’t doctor shopping, I can only think he wanted help, and in order to help, the doctor needs all relevant information, including other treatment regimes in place.

If your friend’s doctor is professional, then whatever has happened, his concern will still be to help your friend, providing that does not put the doctor himself at risk. If treatment is still needed, then that is still the most important thing, and most likely the main concern for everybody. So he should go back to the doctor preferred, and explain what has happened if he needs to.

Everyone makes mistakes, but the main thing is continue to get the necessary health advice, learn from the mistake and move on. Hope that’s useful.

If you want a legal answer, sorry, but perhaps someone else can help.

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