Former patient of convicted Tennessee doctor reacts to his sentencing

MADISON, Ala. (WAFF) – Charlie Hodle informed WAFF 48 he felt satisfaction when his former physician was sentenced to twenty years in jail Tuesday.

“I simply went in there, informed him my historical past and so they wrote me a prescription that first time,” he mentioned. “I believed effectively that was fairly easy.”

Hodle mentioned he knew he would grow to be hooked on opioids as soon as Dr. Murphy’s workplace closed down and he start feeling withdrawals.

“I feel it was two tablets a day, then it went to 3 tablets, then it went to 4 tablets,” he mentioned. “I used to be getting 120 a month. By the point I acquired there, I used to be already addicted.”

Murphy’s follow was primarily based out of Lewisburg, Tennessee, however he additionally had places of work in Madison and Decatur. His follow noticed hundreds of sufferers from North Alabama and surrounding states. An investigation into Murphy proved he supplied over 70,000 prescriptions in a three-year interval.

Hodle mentioned he doesn’t have sympathy for Murphy’s present scenario.

“I don’t know what number of sufferers he was serving down there, however I do know it was a bunch,” he mentioned. “I’m sorry for them, I don’t really feel sorry for Murphy or his spouse.”

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