Prescription fraud is the crime of using theft, forgery, or other deceptive methods in order to obtain a prescription.
Common types of prescription fraud include:

• Stealing prescriptions from a doctor and prescriptions written for fictitious patients under forged doctor signatures.
  
• Altering legitimate prescriptions to obtain more drugs
  
• Call back numbers on prescription pads can be altered so that an accomplice can verify the prescription.
  
• Impersonating a doctor to call in and verify their own prescriptions.
  
• Stealing someone else's prescription and impersonating them to obtain drugs in their name.
  
• "Doctor shopping" to obtain multiple prescriptions that can be sold or obtained for personal use

Apart from patients and other individual users, other types of individuals may face criminal charges for prescription fraud, including doctors, dealers, other medical professionals, and even friends and family members of the users who enable their drug abuse. Typical drugs involved in prescription forgery cases include:

• Morphine
  
• Codeine
  
• Oxycodone
  
• OxyContin
  
• Methadone
  
• Percocet
  
• Vicodin
  
• Codeine
  
• Nembutal
  
• Mebaral
  
• Valium
  
• Librium
  
• Xanax
  
• Dexedrine
  
• Adderall
  
• Ritalin
  
• Concerta
  
• Human Growth Hormone
  
• Steroids

Criminal charges for prescription fraud may result in jail time and large fines. If you are a professional accused of prescription fraud, you may lose your professional license if convicted. If you are an addict and engaged in prescription fraud to feed your addiction, and not for sale to third parties, you may be able to attend drug diversion programs and avoid incarceration.

If you have been arrested or prosecuted for prescription fraud, call Anchor Criminal Defense for a free consultation.