Archive for: May 2006

Erie, 2006: Dr. Klees Imprisoned, Dr. Heberle Exonerated, Pain Patients Abandoned (complete resource collection) WAR ON PAIN SUFFERERS collection #10. Compiled by: Alexander DeLuca, M.D. and the Pain Relief Network,; Addiction, Pain, & Public Health website; 2006-05-27; Last updated: 2006-05-31. Comment (DeLuca): The complete journalistic record thus far, and commentary from pain advocacy experts from the Pain Relief Network and the National Foundation for the Treatment of Pain, regarding the ongoing persecution of pain doctors and patients in Erie, PA. Specifically considered are the conviction of Dr. Klees, and the acquittal of Dr. Heberle, and misconduct of state and …

Bitter Pills – A Tale of Sex, Drugs and Deception (full text) Charlie Deitch; Pittsburgh City Paper; 2006-05-25. Posted: 2006-05-28. Source Excerpt: “Prosecutions aren’t always necessary to have a chilling effect, DeLuca says. The government’s MO, he says, it to have agents raid doctors’ and send them target letters. Some doctors stop prescribing [opioids] at that point… Others decide, as DeLuca says he did, that they can’t operate under the fear and still treat patients correctly. ‘I got out of clinical practice because I couldn’t sit across from someone in extreme pain, have the ability to ease their pain, [and] do nothing …

Jesse Jackson Committed to Getting Dr. Nucklos Another Trial “By An Impartial Jury” (full text) Press Release; Pain Relief Network; 2006-05-04. Excerpt: “[The] Rev. Jackson did not think Dr. Nucklos was fairly treated and [is] demanding to know, ‘Is justice really being served?,’ and announcing his commitment to ’seeing William Nucklos granted a new trial, judged by an impartial jury and presided over by an impartial judge.’” Comment (John Flannery – see link below): “We objected in our papers and at oral argument that the trial court had failed to act on our bail application, that jury selection was racially discriminatory, that the …

Sad: Dr. Rottschaefer Appeal Denied (full text) Radley Balko; The Agitator; 2006-04-28. Source Excerpt: “Rottschaefer’s now going to prison for the crime of believing his patients when they told him they were in pain. To this day, U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan has refused to press perjury charges against her star witness, despite the overwhelming evidence that Ms. Riggle lied on the stand.” See also: Rottschaefer’s Drug Verdict Fought – Jason Cato; Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; 2006-02-28. Posted: 2006-02-28. The Outrageous Case of Dr. Rottschaefer – Radley Balko; Not a War on Doctors; The Agitator; 2005-08-30. Posted: 2005-08-30. Sex, Lies, and OxyContin (The ‘Drugs …