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Cardiologist Sentenced To Federal Prison Time For Prescribing 8,600 Painkillers For NJ Couple Cardiologist Sentenced To Federal Prison Time For Prescribing 8,600 Painkillers For NJ Couple
Cardiologist Sentenced To Federal Prison Time For Prescribing 8,600 Painkillers For NJ Couple A New Jersey cardiologist is headed to federal prison for 2½ years for illegally prescribing thousands of unnecessary Oxycodone pills for a patient and his wife. Raymond Catania, 60, of Warren, must serve at least two years before being eligible for supervised release because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Catania churned out scripts for 8,600 30mg Oxycodone pills in a little over 14 months from his Watchung office not only for his patient but for the man's wife, as well, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. He did so "without a legitimate medical purpose and outside of…

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