Terrel, if you'd like to talk, I am Amanda Gillooly and my email address is amanda.gillooly@patch.com. I deleted your comment simply because of the profanity. If you'd like to reword and repost, we'd be happy to share your comment!

Dr. Herndon is a very reputable physician who happens to have a lot of patients who are seriously ill and/or in pain, whether they "appear" to be or not. The DEA was informed by pharmacists who said they saw patients who according to at least one report,"appeared to be able bodied" presenting with prescriptions for narcotic medications. Some pharmacists discriminate based on their own social biases, which is sad, because it is the patients who need the medication most who suffer when pharmacies refuse to fill prescriptions based on perception of the doctor or patient. Additionally, many people are temporarily "able-bodied" only because they are on pain medication.
I believe eventually the truth will prevail and Dr. Herndon will be cleared. He's a family man of faith who took good care of my family and made house calls when few if any docs would--and there were no controlled substances involved. Dr. Herndon is in a very unique situation being a PCP, licensed in pain management and palliative care with patients who were also coming from or going to nursing homes or hospice. Getting care in one place (instead of running from the PCP to Pain Management) was convenient for his patients and provided continuity of care. I believe this doctor has been unjustly accused, and the other side of the story needs to be told.

Dr. Herndon, was the Director of Horizon Hospice. As a director I would expect him to respond to any needs of the Hospice Patient's he was responsible for, But it was a known fact to the nurses they were not allowed to disturb him for emergencies or whatever .Please explain how a wonderful Dr. would do this.

Dr. Herndon was a briliant physician but he let money become his mistress. I know for a fact that he would stop at nothing to make money. Too bad the patients are now suffering from his lack of morals.

i liked him too i thought he was a brilliant one too...he was and is a good doctor and he will be missed....

Dr. Herndon is An extremely Caring and knowledgeable Dr. hes the best doctor I ever had in 20 years, He Listened to me without interrupting and then came up with the best treatment plan for me, He Examined me thoroughly and explained everything. I dont understand why the DEA is destroying this good mans name, Family and Livelyhood. All the DEA is doing by harassing these doctors is making EVERY doctor out there afraid to write pain medicine and have the docs constantly looking over their shoulder. Its just making it tougher and tougher for people in REAL pain to get treatment for pain, but yet they continue to let the Illegal drugs like Heoin flood into this country. Its easier to go down the street and get a bag of illegal drugs like heroin than it is to get pain medicene for a legit problem, whats wrong with this country??