GREEN BAY (WTAQ-WLUK) – A May 1 trial has been set for a Manitowoc doctor charged with overprescribing pain medications.
Dr. Charles Szyman faces 19 federal counts of allegedly “knowingly and intentionally distributed and dispensed unlawfully, and attempted to distribute and dispense unlawfully, a controlled substance outside of his professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose.”
The complaint lists 19 incidents between May 4, 2012 and Feb. 18, 2015 involving 12 different patients. The allegations include prescriptions for oxycodone, fentanyl, morphine, amphetamine, hydromorphone and hydrocodone.
According to the indictment, a patient on June 23, 2014 received 3,800 tablets of morphine and oxycodone of varying strengths along with 30 fentanyl patches.
Szyman faces up to 20 years in prison on each count if convicted.
The trial is scheduled for five days at the federal court in Green Bay, according to court records.
Wisconsin regulators also suspended his license.
Proceedings on if his license should be revoked will likely wait until after the criminal case is completed, state officials have said.
