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Interview with Bob Pack and the Fight Against Doctor Shopping

June 18, 2010 by

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This week Dr. Gracer interviews Bob Pack, the founder of the Troy and Alana Pack Foundation. In October of 2003 bob’s wife and children were walking to get some ice cream on a Sunday afternoon. A woman high on prescription medication and also drunk passed out while driving her car. The car crossed three lanes of traffic and killed Bob’s children and seriously injured his wife.

The driver had gotten 350 Vicodin pills in the week before the accident from six different doctors, all of whom practiced at the same hospital. Each of them had no idea that she was getting medication from the others. Bob wondered how this could happen and then got to work to fix the problem. He helped the California Department of Justice provide a database of all such prescriptions filled in California to doctors over the Internet. The struggle took years and the fight is not completely over. Bob’s story and the information about the epidemic of prescription drug abuse are fascinating and very important.

More about Bob Pack
Bob Pack is the founder of the Troy and Alana Pack Foundation.  In 2003 he started the Pack Foundation to spearhead public safety initiatives and has co-authored three California Senate bills that have passed and become law.

Bob currently chairs the state committee for the implementation of search engine technology for the tracking of prescription drugs in California. He has appeared with Katie Couric on the NBC Today Show, the CBS Early Show and was featured in the Oct. 2007 issue of People Magazine for his foundation work. He has been honored with the Danville Award, his town’s highest recognition and a California State resolution by the Senate in 2004 for his public service.

Bob holds a B.S. Degree in Business from the University of Southern California.

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About Richard Gracer

Richard I. Gracer, MD, is the founder of Gracer Behavioral Health Services, an innovative and comprehensive substance abuse program that stresses the reduction of cravings, and has been in medical practice since 1974. He is certified in Addiction Medicine and Family Practice, and a Diplomat of the American Academy of Pain Management. He edited Beating the Years, Beating Sports Injuries, and Beating Back Pain (Barron’s, 2003,2005, 2006), and wrote the popular “Ask the Doctor” column in the Lamorinda Sun for 10 years. He is the author of A New Prescription for Addiction.

Dr. Gracer is also the Host of A New Prescription for Health on WomensRadio. A New Prescription for Healthfeatures discussions with noted experts, both researchers and practitioners, on cutting edge, holistic, and comprehensive treatments for pain and addiction. Aimed at the educated person seeking more information, this series provides hard-to-get information and insights, including interviews with actual patients, on treatment of these difficult and pervasive problems.

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