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Doctor Suspended After Raid

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Published February 17, 2012 at 12:53 PM EST
During Wednesday's raid at Lexington Algiatry, a pain clinic on Alexandria Drive, authorities collected boxes of evidence.
Lexington Herald-Leader
During Wednesday's raid at Lexington Algiatry, a pain clinic on Alexandria Drive, authorities collected boxes of evidence.

The doctor at a Lexington pain clinic that was raided by the Drug Enforcement Administration had little formal training in pain management or primary care, yet he was paid $7,500 a week to write prescriptions for powerful narcotic painkillers, according to the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure. Documents detailing the medical board's allegations were provided to the Herald-Leader on Thursday, after the medical board voted in Louisville to suspend the license of Dr. Najam Azmat, who was prescribing drugs at Lexington Algiatry, a pain clinic on Alexandria Drive. The DEA raided the clinic Wednesday.
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