"I made the ethical decision not to call on what I refer to as pill-mill doctors. And by pill-mill doctors I mean those physicians who inappropriately described high doses to anyone who walks in and says I want 80 milligrams of OxyContin," White said.
But executives at Purdue Pharma say White's claims are baseless.
And they strongly deny tolerating any illegal sales of OxyContin or doing anything improper in marketing the drug.
Pharmacist Says Company Pressured Him
That's not the way some people in Pennington Gap, Va., remember it.
"Purdue representatives, in my opinion, had an almost lackadaisical attitude," said Greg Stewart, a pharmacist in Pennington Gap.
Purdue says its policy is to encourage pharmacists to be vigilant, but Stewart says he was berated by Purdue representatives when he refused to fill OxyContin prescriptions from people he thought were abusing the drug.
"I have to get up and look at my face in the morning, which is what I told the Purdue rep when he said you can both morally and legally dispense all Oxy prescriptions," Stewart said.
The company says it is unaware of what Stewart says happened.
