Conditions placed on pharmacist's registration over supply of controlled drug

The controlled drug was supplied to a patient who died by suicide three days later.

It was alleged the pharmacist had supplied 200 Seconal Sodium 50mg capsules to the patient on foot of a prescription which was forged/fraudulent without taking any, or any adequate steps, to confirm the medication had been legitimately prescribed and the dosage was appropriate for the patient.

A pharmacist has had conditions attached to his registration after being found guilty of poor professional performance over supplying 200 capsules of a controlled drug to a patient who died by suicide three days later.

There is no suggestion the pharmacist’s actions caused the young man’s death, High Court president Ms Justice Mary Irvine was told. A post-mortem found, in addition to Seconal Sodium, the barbiturate supplied by the pharmacist, there were two other drugs in the man’s system.