The state Department of Public Health has sent notices to local health departments alerting officials that the federal Drug Enforcement Administration has stripped two West Brookfield doctors of their ability to write prescriptions for certain medications.
The doctors were not identified in the letter, sent May 8. However, the state did indicate that the suspensions could affect 560 patients, primarily located in Franklin, Hampden and Worcester counties.
According to the state letter, the DEA served the physicians on May 6 with “an immediate suspension order, making the providers unable to continue prescribing controlled substances.” Those substances include opioid medications for use as pain relievers and in the treatment of substance use disorders, as well as benzodiazepines and amphetamines…