Misconduct charges include accepting kidney from patient

The New York State Health Department has revoked the license of an Elmira psychiatrist who has admitted charges of misconduct including accepting a kidney from a patient.

Dr. Carlos Delos-Reyes received his license to practice medicine in New York in March 1987. His license will be permanently restricted, effective June 21, and he will be prohibited from practicing in New York State.

According to a statement of charges issued by the state Board for Professional Medical Conduct, Delos-Reyes provided psychiatric care to patients at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Elmira, Family Services of Chemung County Mental Health Clinic or at the patients’ homes.

The misconduct charges filed against him include gross negligence, moral unfitness, willfully making a false report and failure to maintain adequate records for each patient.

» Between January 2010 and October 2010, Delos-Reyes failed to document a patient’s psychiatric, drug and alcohol use histories, and didn’t notice the patient’s adverse reaction to lithium, a mood stabilizing drug that Delos-Reyes prescribed without first evaluating the patient’s baseline kidney and thyroid function. Delos-Reyes was also charged with prescribing Xanax, used to treat anxiety attacks, without documenting the prescription. He also transcribed a prescription for Wellbutrin, an antidepressant, in the patient’s medical records but didn’t actually prescribe the medication.

» Between December 2008 and October 2009, Delos-Reyes failed to coordinate his treatment of a patient with her therapist, did not appropriately follow up on the patient’s levels of Valproic acid, a mood stabilizer used to treat conditions such as epilepsy, and did not refer the patient for metabolic lab studies.

» Between November 2005 and April 2009, Delos-Reyes accepted a kidney from a patient while serving as the patient’s psychiatrist. He also prescribed several medications for the patient without adequate medical justification, failed to document the prescriptions, and, in one instance, allowed the patient to write his own prescription. He was also charged with keeping inadequate medical records for the patient.

» From August 2005 to April 2008, Delos-Reyes failed to consult a patient’s primary care physician before treating the patient for hypersomnia, a disorder characterized by excessive amounts of sleepiness, failing to maintain an appropriate medication list for the patient and allowing the patient to complete the physician’s section of his behavioral health intake evaluation.

» From January 2004 to February 2009, Delos-Reyes did not perform an adequate psychiatric evaluation of a patient and failed to refer the patient for lab work to monitor his blood glucose and triglyceride levels.

URL:  http://www.stargazette.com/article/20110616/NEWS01/106160393/Elmira-psychiatrist-lose-license

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When Judge Robert Heinrichs renders sentence on August 4, will your portfolio be the one to take the fall?

On that date, it is expected that the judge will make his rulings on sentencing for a teenage boy, arrested after allegedly killing a fellow teenager in what one doctor calls a clear case of “Prozac reaction.”

“There is no reason other than a Prozac reaction,” said Dr. Peter Breggin, a New York state-based psychiatrist and author of the book, Talking Back to Prozac. “(The killing) is a mystery without that.”

The entire affair starts with, of all things, an accidental dent put in the wood floor of the home of the accused by the victim. The accused, who was not home at the time of the accident, later invited the boys back to his house to hang out. When they were hanging out, the accused pulled out a knife and stabbed the boy in the chest.

The accused had been treated for depression and was prescribed Prozac three months prior to the killing. Some studies link the drug Prozac, first patented by Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) with behavioral and emotional changes in users under 18 years of age, including an increased risk of suicide.

After days after he began taking Prozac, the accused attempted suicide with some medication of his grandfather’s. His parents complained to the physician that, rather than help, the drug was making the boy’s condition worse. Rather than switch to a different drug, doctors increased the dosage of Prozac.

“It was a prescription for violence,” Breggin wrote in a report for the defense.

“Within a reasonable degree of medical certainty, I believe that Prozac drove (the accused) into a state of severe agitation with manic-like symptoms including mood swings, confusion, irrationality, extreme irritability, hostility and violence.”

Breggin said the teen should have stopped taking Prozac immediately after he attempted suicide.

“Right then and there should have been the end of the Prozac,” Breggin said. “When you have a drug that is causing mania, you stop taking the drug.”

Now, one boy is dead and another is in the morgue. Will Eli Lilly’s stock take a tumble after the verdict, or will the judge find the boy’s Prozac defense is nonsense? Will other lawsuits emerge? It could be a rough season of discontent for Eli Lilly.

Read more: http://www.benzinga.com/news/global/11/06/1142243/will-prozac-murder-trial-doom-eli-lilly-stock

Related stories:  Did Prozac Cause Teenager to Kill? Psychiatrist Says Yes

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The 17-year-old teen, who was not named in the media, stabbed a 15-year-old friend after the other teen caused damage to a hardwood floor in his friend’s home. The disproportionately angry response, explains Dr. Peter Breggin, is a not-unknown side effect of the antidepressant Prozac. Dr. Breggin stated:

“There is no reason other than a Prozac reaction,” said Dr. Peter Breggin, a New York state-based psychiatrist and author of the book, Talking Back to Prozac. “(The killing) is a mystery without that.”

Nine days after starting therapy with the drug, the teen attempted suicide via an overdose of his grandfather’s pills. His parents reported the incident to doctors, who increased the Prozac dosage for the teen. Dr. Breggin says:

“It was a prescription for violence,” Breggin wrote in a report commissioned by the defence. “Within a reasonable degree of medical certainty, I believe that Prozac drove (the accused) into a state of severe agitation with manic-like symptoms including mood swings, confusion, irrationality, extreme irritability, hostility and violence.”

Prosecutors contend that the killing was a “conscious decision” made by the teenager, and that he should be accountable for the act of violence. In previous studies, Prozac has been linked to “emotional changes” and increased suicide risk in teens.

URL: http://www.inquisitr.com/111789/did-prozac-cause-teenager-to-kill-psychiatrist-says-yes/

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Richard Lemus interviewed the atrocious Psychiatrist, Dr. Scott Segal the owner of the Segal Institute for Clinical Research and has said:

Dr. Scott Segal, Psychiatrist, Segal Institute for Clinical Research: “It’s definitely making adults depressed, and therefore the children depressed, as well. However, they have less money to spend on treatments, and these days insurance companies have higher co-payments and it’s very difficult for people to come in.”

Even scarier, it’s hard for patients or their families to pay for the medications they so desperately need.

Dr. Scott Segal: “They get their visits and their evaluations and whatever is needed in the study for free, as well as medications. In fact, in research studies, the treatment is above the normal level of care.”

Patients will often try out new drugs that aren’t on the market yet and many times they can stay on that medication after the study is over.

Dr. Scott Segal: “In many studies, after the study is over, the pharmaceutical company will give them a compassionate care and allow them take the medications for a period of time.”

David is on a new medication and sees a doctor weekly. He and his mom have high hopes for the future.

What Richard Lemus and the Channel 7 News Fox WSVN-TV fail to revel to the public is that theirs other ways to defeat depression without the usage of the dangerous drugs. It’s called proper diet, exercise and proper outdoor activities like going to the beach or going to a park. In the whole segment of the story reported by Richard Lemus nowhere did it mention natural ways to deal with depression.

Transcript from this story can be seen on: URL: http://www.wsvn.com/features/articles/medicalreports/MI131332

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