Overview

• The tribunal correctionnel de Nantes sentenced him to a two-year prison term with suspension and barred him from medical practice for five years.
• He was fined €50,000 in addition to the suspended sentence and professional ban.
• Investigators found he issued 541 non-compliant pregabalin prescriptions to 106 patients between 2021 and 2023.
• Several patients testified they developed addiction and faced severe withdrawal after receiving doses up to twice the approved maximum.
• Regulators had tightened pregabalin prescription requirements in May 2021 and pharmacists flagged concerns in late 2023, following earlier council warnings in 2011 and 2017.