Pharmacist suspended for dispensing 53,000 codeine tablets to one patient

Huyen Tran's remorse and efforts to rehabilitate led to a more lenient six-month ban: tribunal

A Melbourne pharmacist who was duped into dispensing over 53,000 tablets containing codeine to a regular patient has been suspended for six months.

Huyen Tran told the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal she didn’t spot any of the usual signs of drug-seeking behaviour with the patient, who presented fraudulent scripts.