Some customers who filled their opioid prescriptions at Seashore Drugs died from overdoses within days of receiving the pills. These prescriptions included oxycodone, hydrocodone, methadone, along with drugs like Valium, Xanax, and carisoprodol, that, when taken with opioids, heighten their potential for abuse and adverse events, prosecutors stated in the complaint.įrom 2006 to 2012, Seashore Drugs sold a staggering 5.4 million pills and had one of the highest dispense rate of oxycodone and hydrocodone of any pharmacy in the Cape Fear region during that time frame, according to data from the Drug Enforcement Agency.ĭuring that time, the complaint alleged Seashore filled hundreds of prescriptions for well-known drug cocktails written by a prescriber who ultimately had his prescribing privileges suspended by the North Carolina Medical Board. Prosecutors said Seashore Drugs developed a reputation in the Wilmington pharmacy community as a place that “filled the prescriptions other pharmacies refused.” Specifically, prosecutors said King would fill prescriptions other Seashore pharmacists, who were no longer on shift, refused to fill. Permanently prohibits Waggett and King from serving as a manager, owner, operator, or pharmacist-in-charge of any entity, including a pharmacy that administers, dispenses, or distributes controlled substances.
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