Texas Pharmacy Shut Out of Controlled Substances by DEA
Published Date: 4/1/2025
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Summary
Baijes Bissonnet Pharmacy in Texas tried to get a DEA registration but got denied because they filled risky prescriptions without fixing warning signs. They missed the deadline to ask for a hearing, so the DEA’s decision stands. This means the pharmacy can’t legally handle certain controlled medicines, affecting their business and customers right away.
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Baijes Bissonnet Pharmacy Registration Denied
Baijes Bissonnet Pharmacy's application for a DEA Certificate of Registration (Control No. W22147152A) is denied. The denial is effective May 1, 2025, and the Order also denies any other pending DEA registration application by Baijes Bissonnet Pharmacy in Texas.
Patients Lose Controlled-Med Access At Pharmacy
Customers who rely on Baijes Bissonnet Pharmacy in Stafford, Texas may no longer be able to obtain controlled-substance prescriptions there after May 1, 2025 because the pharmacy's DEA registration application was denied. The Order follows findings that the pharmacy repeatedly filled controlled-substance prescriptions with multiple red flags from at least March 2021 through August 2022.
Filling Red-Flag Prescriptions Risks Registration
The DEA found that repeatedly filling controlled-substance prescriptions that contained red flags (for example: pattern prescribing, cash payments, long-distance patients, and drug ‘cocktails’) supports denial of DEA registration. The Agency relied on factual findings including that 492 of 575 controlled-substance prescriptions (85%) were paid in cash and that 42 prescriptions to six individuals were essentially identical.
Missing Hearing Deadline Can Cause Default
The DEA deemed the applicant in default because it did not file a timely hearing request after being served the Order to Show Cause on December 19, 2023; the 30-day deadline for a hearing request ran to January 18, 2024. A default is deemed a waiver of the right to a hearing and an admission of the OSC allegations, which supported the Agency's request for final action.
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