It is legal. It's legal unless the patient not getting his
medicine could be fatal.
The doctor's most likely doing this because he thinks the bottle
was emptied to fast and that the patient could be taking too much
or distributing it or whatever.
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Q: Is it illegal for a doctor to withhold medication. Example....friend who has been on epilepsy medication....prompt with dr appoinments....medication ran out..doctor is refusing to refill?