Milford doctor guilty of prescribing lethal opioids for cash

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A doctor who operated a pain clinic in Milford has been convicted of more than a dozen federal drug offenses related to his practice’s distribution of addictive and dangerous opioids.

On Wednesday, a federal jury found Dr Patrick Titus guilty of 13 felonies for knowingly distributing narcotics without legitimate medical purposes, as well as a charge for maintaining Lighthouse Internal Medicine, the practice he carried out in Milford from 2005 to 2014, mainly as an outlet for selling drugs.

At trial, prosecutors argued that Titus gave unsafe prescriptions without providing meaningful medical attention while ignoring the warning signs of patient abuse and raising money from these patients.

Patrick Titus, left, leaves Wilmington Federal Court Tuesday afternoon.

His defense attorneys argued that the Air Force veteran was acting in good faith to help those in pain.

After two weeks of trial, jurors convicted Titus for distributing narcotics outside the medical field to 13 separate patients, a small sample among many who often paid cash for his services.

IN DEPTH:Jury examines whether Milford doctor ignored opioids and patient danger in exchange for money

Learn more about these patients and why federal prosecutors deemed his practice a “doctor’s office disguised drug trafficking operation” in the story linked here.

Titus faces a prison sentence when he is convicted in the coming months.

The case against him is another chapter in the government’s efforts to hold to account those who created an opioid crisis that killed more than 400 Delawarens last year.

Also on Wednesday, the state announced it would receive $ 100 million in nationwide court settlement with drug maker Johnson & Johnson, as well as three major medical distributors – Cardinal Health, McKesson and AmerisourceBergen.

CIVIL REGULATIONS:Delaware to see more than $ 100 million in sweeping opioid settlement with J&J, distributors

Contact Xerxes Wilson at (302) 324-2787 or xwilson @ delawareonline.com. Follow @Ber_Xerxes on Twitter.

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