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Last year, 12,139 medical professionals wrote prescriptions in Oklahoma for controlled dangerous substances. A relatively small number of doctors wrote tens of thousands of prescriptions each.

Medical Professionals Who Wrote Prescriptions

Top 10 Prescribers

* Valuck is identified by name because he is facing criminal charges after eight of his patients died of drug overdoses and a ninth was accused of causing a fatal traffic accident. Valuck pleaded not guilty. Other high-volume prescribers are not named because they have not been subject to disciplinary actions.

Source: Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs

Warren Vieth can be reached at wvieth@oklahomawatch.org

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Who Writes the Prescriptions

by Warren Vieth, Oklahoma Watch
April 29, 2014

<h1>Who Writes the Prescriptions</h1> <p class="byline">by Warren Vieth, Oklahoma Watch <br />April 29, 2014</p> <p>Last year, 12,139 medical professionals wrote prescriptions in Oklahoma for controlled dangerous substances. A relatively small number of doctors wrote tens of thousands of prescriptions each.</p> <p><strong>Medical Professionals Who Wrote Prescriptions</strong></p> <div style="width: 50%;margin-top: -20px;margin-bottom: -20px"> <figure></figure> </div> <hr class="wp-block-separator" /> <p><strong>Top 10 Prescribers</strong></p> <figure class="wp-block-table tablepress tablepress-id-50"> <table class=""> <thead> <tr> <th>Physician</th> <th>Number of Prescriptions</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Dr. William Valuck*</td> <td>43,067</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Doctor No. 2</td> <td>32,970</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Doctor No. 3</td> <td>26,990</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Doctor No. 4</td> <td>25,939</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Doctor No. 5</td> <td>25,236</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Doctor No. 6</td> <td>24,784</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Doctor No. 7</td> <td>24,741</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Doctor No. 8</td> <td>24,361</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Doctor No. 9</td> <td>23,668</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Doctor No. 10</td> <td>23,535</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </figure> <p>* Valuck is identified by name because he is facing criminal charges after eight of his patients died of drug overdoses and a ninth was accused of causing a fatal traffic accident. Valuck pleaded not guilty. Other high-volume prescribers are not named because they have not been subject to disciplinary actions.</p> <p>Source: Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs</p> <p><em>Warren Vieth can be reached at wvieth@oklahomawatch.org</em></p> <p><a class="twitter-follow-button" href="https://twitter.com/warrenvieth" data-show-count="false">Follow @warrenvieth</a><br /> // </p> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://oklahomawatch.org/2014/04/29/who-writes-prescriptions/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://oklahomawatch.org">Oklahoma Watch</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://i0.wp.com/oklahomawatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/okwatch-icon.png?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://oklahomawatch.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=2119&amp;ga4=G-6G6K9FYSH8" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p> Copy to Clipboard

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