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Wednesday, December 10, 2003Kipper charged $650,000 for his services from June 2002 until the couple fired him three months ago, records show. The medications cost them an additional $58,000. Kipper, a University of California, Los Angeles-trained internist, is not certified as a specialist in addiction medicine or psychiatry. He often socializes with his clients, who include entertainment executives, actors, producers and musicians. Kipper carries a Screen Actors Guild card and has had bit parts in several films, including "As Good As It Gets," "Jackass — the Movie" and "Shallow Hal." He is known for offering speedy and painless addiction therapy in luxury hotel suites or in patients' homes. Kipper has used a combination of drugs to wean addicts off narcotics. Key to the treatment is buprenorphine, a powerful synthetic opiate that spares patients the agony of withdrawal. State authorities began investigating Kipper in 1998. The medical-board complaint issued last week accuses him of operating an unlicensed detox program, improperly using buprenorphine for addiction treatment, and overprescribing habit-forming drugs to eight patients from 1999 to 2002. It seems that good doctor giveth and the good doctor taketh away, all for a handsome profit. Alas, for Ozzy, he may be clean now, but he had a severe ATV accident yesterday, and is in serious condition. posted by Sydney on 12/10/2003 07:19:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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