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Was walking up to my Dr's office today to get a script for bloodwork (Test FSH, LH, TSH, IGF-1) and notice four police officers with machine guns standing outside the door. I said "is he closed?" figuring one of the patients flipped out in there, which was an everyday occurrence, and the cop said "Oh yeah he's closed". Then I see this a few hours later. Holy Cow!!!!! (not just saying that because he's from India) Man, all I get is Test and Nexium from him. I'm going to go back tommorow and see if I can get my script because I did call the anwering service and they said "The Good Doctor" (Not DR. FIST) will be back tomorrow.
http://www.buffalonews.com/city/police-courts/police-blotter/article325299.ece
Watch the video, it's interesting (Not more that Mr. Falcon's though)
GODSPEED TO DR. PRAVIN MEHTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
STAYING POSITIVE IN AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Federal agents and Niagara Falls Police raided the office of a Niagara Falls doctor this morning in connection with a major investigation into the illegal distribution of prescription pain pills.
The raid at the office of Dr. Pravin V. Mehta on Main Street, followed a lengthy probe by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S. Attorney's office and other agencies, sources familiar with the case told The Buffalo News.
At about 9:10 a.m., a team of 15 agents from a DEA-led task force went into Mehta's office, which is in an older, run-down-looking three-story building at the corner of Main Street and Third Street in the Falls. The office is roughly a half-mile from the Rainbow Bridge to Canada.
About 9:35 a.m., police led him in handcuffs from the office and into a waiting car.
Three uniformed police officers with automatic weapons stood outside the building.
While agents who conducted the raid declined to comment, law enforcement officials with knowledge of the case told The News that criminal charges will be filed against Mehta, 72, and several other people connected with his medical practice.
Details of the charges are expected to be made public later today at federal court.
Known as Pravin Mehta and a resident of the Getzville section of Amherst, Mehta graduated from a medical school in England in 1965, and has been licensed to practice medicine in New York State since 1976.
The News learned that federal drug agents and Falls police have investigated Mehta for months, in part because of state Health Department statistics that show that the Niagara Falls doctor routinely prescribes far more painkiller drugs for his patients than almost any physician in the state.
The drugs involved are believed to be hydrocodone and oxycotin, prescription opiates classified as controlled substances. These medications -- addictive and potent -- have become the drugs-of-choice in the illegal drug market, and have been associated with several recent fatal overdoses in the Buffalo-Niagara area.
When prescribed by a doctor, as many as 90 pills are often purchased for the cost of a co-payment -- typically around $6.
But the drugs sell for much more on the street, as much as $80 for a single 80-mg. oxycotin pill.
Federal agents and Niagara Falls police believe some of the painkillers that Mehta prescribed wound up being illegally sold on the black market and used illegally by young people.
While not commenting on the Mehta probe, U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. said last week that his office and the Buffalo DEA office consider the illegal trafficking of prescription painkillers one of the most serious and fastest-growing crime problems in the region.
As part of a nationwide DEA "Prescription Drug Take-Back" program last September, federal agents in Western New York recovered more than 1.5 tons of unneeded prescription drugs that were turned in by concerned citizens, said Dale M. Kasprzyk, special agent in charge of the Buffalo DEA office.
Last July, DEA agents arrested 34 people from Buffalo and its suburbs in what was called the biggest crackdown on prescription drug trafficking ever conducted in Western New York.
None of those charged in that case were doctors, and law enforcement officials said the arrest of a physician, such as Mehta, is unusual.
Those arrested today are expected to appear in federal court later today. Hochul's office will prosecute the cases.
Healthgrades.com, a service that rates and collects information about doctors and hospitals throughout the country, gave Mehta a rating of 2.5 stars out of a possible five.
He specializes in diabetes, metabolism, and endocrinology as part of his internal medicine practice, according to state health department records.
He is is currently affiliated with Mount St. Mary's Hospital & Health Center in Lewiston. There are no malpractice actions, sanctions or disciplinary actions against Mehta, according to the health department records.
Mehta graduated from the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in England, and has done residencies in England, Toronto and Buffalo, the ratings service said.
He did his residency in internal medicine at Erie County Medical Center in 1976, and became board certified in 1977. He then became board certified in endocrinolgy and metabolism in 1989.
Mehta is married to Malini Mehta, 73, also a medical doctor, who works at the Buffalo Psychiatric Center.
The couple lives in Amherst, in a house on Markley Drive in Getzville assessed at $330,000. They also own a home on Scamridge Court in Amherst, assessed at $158,400.
The Mehtas also own some properties in Buffalo and Niagara Falls.
In 1993, The News reported that Pravin Mehta was part of a team of American doctors who went to India to work in a temporary medical camp for 15 days. The team provided free medical treatment to about 20,000 patients.
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Was walking up to my Dr's office today to get a script for bloodwork (Test FSH, LH, TSH, IGF-1) and notice four police officers with machine guns standing outside the door. I said "is he closed?" figuring one of the patients flipped out in there, which was an everyday occurrence, and the cop said "Oh yeah he's closed". Then I see this a few hours later. Holy Cow!!!!! (not just saying that because he's from India) Man, all I get is Test and Nexium from him. I'm going to go back tommorow and see if I can get my script because I did call the anwering service and they said "The Good Doctor" (Not DR. FIST) will be back tomorrow.
http://www.buffalonews.com/city/police-courts/police-blotter/article325299.ece
Watch the video, it's interesting (Not more that Mr. Falcon's though)
GODSPEED TO DR. PRAVIN MEHTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
STAYING POSITIVE IN AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cool voice "fallsview" ;D
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Hey Alex, How did you like TO? Hope you didn't waste any money on that strip club the "Brass Rail". My wife and I went in there and even she said it was lame.LOL. Best Strippers are in Niagara Falls CA.
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I see no problem in what the good doctor was doing.
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I see no problem in what the good doctor was doing.
Neither do I. I am on Test and he has me go for a bloodtest every two months. When I was last in there, they were forcing a patient to take a urine test. He waited an hour, called his friend and he went to the bathroom with him. The nurses flipped out, started yelling at them and telling them, we're not taking that sample because it's not yours. His office is in an economically depressed area (ghetto) I've been going to this Dr. since I was 14. As if there isn't enough crime, the police HAVE TO MAKE MORE!!!!!!!!
STAYING POSITIVE EVEN THOUGH BEATDOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Can't see what you posted-I'm at the office and it just shows up as a blank space. I leave for my weekly Albany trip in a few hours-thank God I'm not driving...Its been a stressful day
STAY POSITIVE BECAUSE THE GRIM SLEEPER IS BEHIND BARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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15 armed feds raiding a 72-year old's office?
I mean, overkill much?
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15 armed feds raiding a 72-year old's office?
I mean, overkill much?
Sterons are serious business.
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What the hell am I going to do now? Finding a good Endo is hard around here.
STAYING POSITIVE EVEN WHEN FEARING THE UNKNOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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15 armed feds raiding a 72-year old's office?
I mean, overkill much?
THIS.
Ironic, the number of crimes in progress they probably drove past with their SWAT van on the way to see the elderly man.
Hookers in trunks, etc.
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THIS.
Ironic, the number of crimes in progress they probably drove past with their SWAT van on the way to see the elderly man.
Hookers in trunks, etc.
You are right, since the doctors office is in a "bad" part of town. I don't know when this started to happen but his patients became more and more "trashy". People would be on their cell phone in the office, talking super loud and swearing right infront of children. One guy even brought in a 40oz'er and was drinking it in the waiting room. I remember back in the eighties going their and the patients were middle class, non-medicad people. I guess it could be called a "Hood in downfall".
STAY POSITIVE....IT'S ALL YOU GOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Fallsview: You live in Buffalo?
I'm from wny too.
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Hey Alex, How did you like TO? Hope you didn't waste any money on that strip club the "Brass Rail". My wife and I went in there and even she said it was lame.LOL. Best Strippers are in Niagara Falls CA.
Love the brass. BUT, nothing on the 'downer.
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Such bullshit bro. They needed 15 swat guys for a freaken doctors office. What a bunch of shit. We need to get rid of the dea, atf, all of those worthless organizations. What a waste of tax payer money. It's turning into a police state in this country. I'm gonna have a meltdown.
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Such bullshit bro. They needed 15 swat guys for a freaken doctors office. What a bunch of shit. We need to get rid of the dea, atf, all of those worthless organizations. What a waste of tax payer money. It's turning into a police state in this country. I'm gonna have a meltdown.
Credibility destroyed.
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why do we need all of these different organizations. The war on drugs is a huge failure.
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why do we need all of these different organizations. The war on drugs is a huge failure.
You have ZERO idea about what you speak of.
The reason we have these orgs are plentyfold. Obviously, the war on crime is the first. Without these orgs, we have MUCH MUCH greater problems.
Secondly, they provide jobs. Not only for the agents, but for judges, lawyers, corrections officers etc. Need I continue?
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You mean they create more goverement jobs with bloated pensions and salaries.
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You mean they create more goverement jobs with bloated pensions and salaries.
Good one. Let's just abolish the DEA. You MUST be retarded.
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stay positive fagview .. don't let this deter yu
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stay positive fagview .. don't let this deter yu
Sev: why aren't you posting anymore pics of your latest conquests? What gives?
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Good one. Let's just abolish the DEA. You MUST be retarded.
Whyn't we have enough regular cops. Why can't they do it. Why does the goverement need a million different branches and organizations? They need to get rid of half of them.
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Sev: why aren't you posting anymore pics of your latest conquests? What gives?
lack of conquests? >:(
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Whyn't we have enough regular cops. Why can't they do it. Why does the goverement need a million different branches and organizations? They need to get rid of half of them.
I can't believe i'm even responding to you.
You thing regular cop joe blow is gonna be able to do the job that the DEA agents do?
Enough already.
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stay positive fagview .. don't let this deter yu
Hey Sev, Did you get those Jets Championship jerseys yet? How does that work over there in Romania? Do you have to stand in a line like a soup kitchen? Your country is soooo beautiful, one of the top 10 vacation destinations according to PM Magizine 1981 edition (I have it on Betamax because Hall and Oates were performing "Private Eyes")
Now I have to find a Dr. to prescribe my Test. I've been looking all over the yellow pages today but I forgot, it's an Albany phonebook, Damn!
Thanks for all your help and wisdom Sev!!!
STAYING POSITIVE BECAUSE I HAVE A FRIEND IN ROMANIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Fallsview: You live in Buffalo?
I'm from wny too.
It depends if I'm my alter-ego KING23. Where abouts in WNY? Where you train-Golds in Williamsville? I trained there in the 1990's. Powerlifted at the Fitness Glen in Williamsville also. At one time I had 5 gym memberships to switch up the scene. Right now, I train at a school because I have keys and can get in there at anytime.
STAY POSITIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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As a doctor, I can say that it's clear as day that he was abusing his "power of the pen"... Writing scripts for opioids is fine(I do it every day for my surgical patients)- they are great drugs and many people need them. But certainly passing them out like candy to everyone is just asking for trouble. He's screwed. He's also not a pain management doctor by training, so he should have sent most of those chronic pain patients to a specialist. Most SMART primary care docs refuse to even write scripts for any of that stuff to avoid any legal issues. They are very selective in who they will write for... I mean this dude was an Endocrinologist- WTF is he doing writing THAT many scripts for pain meds? lol If he had half a brain and still wanted to be a crook he could have set up a GH, testosterone, insulin etc clinic and hooked all the bodybuilders up and at least had SOME legit reason to say "This is the kind of patients I am trained to help..."
So... he's screwed, but not as screwed as Conrad Murray lol F that nigguh and the 200K per MONTH MJ was paying him to be his private doctor.
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Whyn't we have enough regular cops. Why can't they do it. Why does the goverement need a million different branches and organizations? They need to get rid of half of them.
Oh , according to coltrane we need every single fucking organization. Funny how we don't need more.
Magically we have EXACTLY the right number of goverment agencies to fight crime. ;)
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As a doctor, I can say that it's clear as day that he was abusing his "power of the pen"... Writing scripts for opioids is fine(I do it every day for my surgical patients)- they are great drugs and many people need them. But certainly passing them out like candy to everyone is just asking for trouble. He's screwed. He's also not a pain management doctor by training, so he should have sent most of those chronic pain patients to a specialist. Most SMART primary care docs refuse to even write scripts for any of that stuff to avoid any legal issues. They are very selective in who they will write for... I mean this dude was an Endocrinologist- WTF is he doing writing THAT many scripts for pain meds? lol If he had half a brain and still wanted to be a crook he could have set up a GH, testosterone, insulin etc clinic and hooked all the bodybuilders up and at least had SOME legit reason to say "This is the kind of patients I am trained to help..."
So... he's screwed, but not as screwed as Conrad Murray lol F that nigguh and the 200K per MONTH MJ was paying him to be his private doctor.
I was just about to get a script for GH but his clinic is in the middle of the ghetto-no bodybuilders there. Everytime I had to go there something was going on with fights, arguments etc. etc. It started to take a toll on me, really no joke. I mean I work with inner city children and that can take a toll but seeing adults act like this....too much to take. It was production line medicine, he'd check my blood pressure then shuffle me off to a room to right a script. A total of like 3-4 minutes. Sad, because back in the 1980's early 90's he was a very good doctor. Seems to me the area wore him down.
STAY POSITIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Still waiting for Dr. Kincaid and Dr. Chimps to comment on this travisty.
STAY POSITIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I was just about to get a script for GH but his clinic is in the middle of the ghetto-no bodybuilders there. Everytime I had to go there something was going on with fights, arguments etc. etc. It started to take a toll on me, really no joke. I mean I work with inner city children and that can take a toll but seeing adults act like this....too much to take. It was production line medicine, he'd check my blood pressure then shuffle me off to a room to right a script. A total of like 3-4 minutes. Sad, because back in the 1980's early 90's he was a very good doctor. Seems to me the area wore him down.
STAY POSITIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Out patient medicine blows... Especially in an underserved area, you deal with crack head patients all day long... F that! I had to do 6 weeks of ambulatory medicine in a shit area during med school and that was ENOUGH lol
Even still, its pretty obvious he was doing what he was doing for the $$$$$$
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Out patient medicine blows... Especially in an underserved area, you deal with crack head patients all day long... F that! I had to do 6 weeks of ambulatory medicine in a shit area during med school and that was ENOUGH lol
Even still, its pretty obvious he was doing what he was doing for the $$$$$$
I agree. My insurance dropped him years ago so I had to shell out $85 dollars a month for a visit. I told him I really don't want to come every month so he said every two months. lol
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I can't believe i'm even responding to you.
You thing regular cop joe blow is gonna be able to do the job that the DEA agents do?
Enough already.
Hes absolutely right, you are just clueless.
What is it the DEA does exactly? Arrest its own citizens for involvement in drugs that other citizens want?
The war on drugs is the biggest most embarrassing failure in the modern era.
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How cool would it have been if the cop with the machine gun said "ya he's closed. But do you have an I.D.) Then 3 days later when your out catching a Stallone flick, he robs you blind of all your gear/wifes-girlfriends undi's.
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How the hell can anyone stay positive when he is beside himself looking for bodybuilding drugs? What a mess some of the flotsam are in.
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How the hell can anyone stay positive when he is beside himself looking for bodybuilding drugs? What a mess some of the flotsam are in.
When the American FDA takes over vitamins/supplements and calls them drugs in 2012, will you still have the same attitude Vince?
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Most of you guys have no clue about bodybuilding and just accept the drug route. Very sad to see this trend.
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How the hell can anyone stay positive when he is beside himself looking for bodybuilding drugs? What a mess some of the flotsam are in.
Mr. Basile, I'm not looking for bodybuilding drugs. I don't know if there is a breakdown of the language barrier since you are from Austria but if someone has a legitimate need for test or HGH then they should have access to it. BUT because of situations like this some doctors are afraid to prescribe these things because of the stigma involved with them. There is no reason to grow old gracefully, you need to fight it all the way. Some doctors feel that if your hormone levels are in the "normal scale" that is fine. WRONG, just because they are within some range doesn't mean they are optimal! For an example, a 20 year old on the very bottom of the scale. Doesn't seem right, does it?
There are many people on this board that do not speak English but do a very decent job understanding what is said. Mr. Basile I've read your posts and it seems like you do grasp english fairly well with the occasional mix up of meanings and concepts. Sometimes men at your age need to slow down and re-read what is being said. So I'd like to praise you with a big thank you for your wonderful contributions to GetBig. People need to realize how hard it is for men of a certain age to stay relevant. Maybe Roy can do a "GetBig Lifetime Achievement Award" for you to celebrate the many contributions you have given to bodybuilding and GetBig? This would be a special way to appreciate all the obstacles you've had to overcome. You share a special connection with the great Arnold Schwarzenegger coming from Austria and making a living connected to Bodybuilding. So I applaud you for that.
Kudos to you Mr. Basile. Keep doing what your doing!
STAYING POSITIVE BECAUSE I'M NOT AN AGEIST AND NEITHER SHOULD YOU BE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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Was walking up to my Dr's office today to get a script for bloodwork (Test FSH, LH, TSH, IGF-1) and notice four police officers with machine guns standing outside the door. I said "is he closed?" figuring one of the patients flipped out in there, which was an everyday occurrence, and the cop said "Oh yeah he's closed". Then I see this a few hours later. Holy Cow!!!!! (not just saying that because he's from India) Man, all I get is Test and Nexium from him. I'm going to go back tommorow and see if I can get my script because I did call the anwering service and they said "The Good Doctor" (Not DR. FIST) will be back tomorrow.
http://www.buffalonews.com/city/police-courts/police-blotter/article325299.ece
Fallsview providing "evidence" that he's not really Alex23.
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Fallsview providing "evidence" that he's not really Alex23.
Never heard of this 23 character?!?
STAY POSITIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Never heard of this 23 character?!?
STAY POSITIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ur on my "gimmick" roster supposedly.
It's easier to blame one that "seems like" than to realize the group effect channeling toward a single cause...
Simple as that. GodSpeed Fallsview.
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Such bullshit bro. They needed 15 swat guys for a freaken doctors office. What a bunch of shit. We need to get rid of the dea, atf, all of those worthless organizations. What a waste of tax payer money. It's turning into a police state in this country. I'm gonna have a meltdown.
That's their goal
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Making an appointment for a new endo Monday. Wish me luck...need HGH bad, I got 5 months until summer. (Fallsview gimmick-I really live in Cali)
STAY POSITIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Most of you guys have no clue about bodybuilding and just accept the drug route. Very sad to see this trend.
here we go again
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here we go again
Mr. Basile was a former Mr. Canada. That says alot coming from Austira do to the language barrier. I don't believe Mr. Basile means any harm, I do believe he is just having difficulty with the english language.
STAY POSITIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!