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Pain Clinic Searched For Suspected Pill Mill

876 views · Published 21 June 2012 · 2:31 · Indexed 29 October 2026

Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2012 · News & Politics

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by Alyssa SpiratoIt's a quiet day at the Primary Care and Pain Clinic Wednesday. But just the day before, that wasn't the case, when local, state and federal authorities seized files, records, and computers as part of their investigation into pill mills."There's a lot of patients that I'm sure come here from other clinics that have been shut down. So I'm sure that's part of the targeting for this clinic," says worker and counselor, Richard Shorter.Shorter is a counselor at the clinic, as well as a pastor at a church in Soddy Daisy."This clinic is determined to help people with exception, we're not going to prescribe stuff that doesn't need to be prescribed," says Shorter.That means not just relying on prescription narcotics. Shorter says they also offer alternative therapies.We get MRI, X-rays, as a matter of fact, you cannot become a patient here without the proper backup of MRI, X-rays, so on and so forth," says Shorter.Vicki Boyd is no stranger to pain management. She's says she suffers from pain because of several health issues."My initial reaction was that the DEA has turned into the American Gestapo. They are effectively preventing people who need pain management from having access to it," says Boyd.With the office temporarily closed, she says it leaves her in a tough situation.We hurt, we're in pain, and you're effectively making sure that there's nowhere we can go," says Boyd.Shorter says that the clinic will be closed for a few days as things get back in order, but should reopen by the end of this week or early next week.As for the investigation, it's ongoing.

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