GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – A Manitowoc doctor accused of overprescribing pain killers still has not had a trial date set.
Dr. Charles Szyman faces 19 counts in federal court. Szyman appeared in federal court Tuesday and returns for a scheduling conference on September 12.
Szyman “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,” according to the indictment.
It 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.
