Fallon continued filling the ketamine prescriptions written by Bruni until December 2020, when the United States Attorney’s Office made an inquiry. These same patients were also suffering from a substance abuse disorder, which would have been apparent to Fallon personnel, had they checked the PMP data. Fallon personnel knew of McMahon’s arrest, and were aware that approximately one-third of McMahon’s ketamine patients promptly migrated to Bruni after McMahon’s arrest. In 2019, the DEA arrested McMahon for crimes associated with his prescribing practices. Fallon filled many of these ketamine prescriptions. Larry Bruni, began prescribing intranasal ketamine for substance abuse patients to self-administer intranasally. It has legitimate medical uses, such as surgical anesthesia, and other “off label” uses, but it is also abused recreationally as a “party drug.”īeginning in 2018, two Albany-area physicians, Dr. Ketamine is a Schedule III controlled substance that causes sedative and dissociative effects.
I applaud the investigators and our law enforcement partners on this investigation.”
“Numerous red flags found by investigators indicated that this pharmacy was involved in illegitimate and reckless dispensing. “A DEA regulatory investigation uncovered suspicious prescriptions associated with Fallon Wellness Pharmacy,” said DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge Keith Kruskall. We will continue to use the Controlled Substances Act to prevent and deter the illegal distribution of controlled substances.” “Whenever a pharmacy receives a suspicious prescription, it must consult the New York State’s Internet System for Tracking Over-Prescribing (I-STOP) Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP). “Fallon Wellness Pharmacy has accepted responsibility for dispensing ketamine prescriptions that never should have been written or filled,” said Carla Freedman, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), New York Division. Freedman and Acting Special Agent in Charge Keith Kruskall, U.S. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Carla B. ALBANY, NEW YORK – Fallon Wellness Pharmacy LLC (“Fallon”), of Latham, New York, has agreed to pay $7,150 to resolve allegations that it improperly filled intranasal ketamine prescriptions that raised “red flags.” Fallon admitted to dispensing ketamine to patients who were being treated by two Albany-area doctors who have since lost their ability to prescribe controlled substances.
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