Doctor is charged with MURDER for giving 'horrendously excessive' amount of painkillers to five patients who died in her care - and didn't even need them - as it's revealed she prescribed more than THREE MILLION doses in four years

  • Dr Regan Nichols was charged Friday with five counts of second-degree murder
  • Five of her Oklahoma patients died of overdoses from painkillers and other drugs she prescribed them
  • The patients died between 2010 and 2013, and they ranged in age from 21 to 55
  • Nichols is accused of prescribing more than 1,800 opioid pills to the patients who died even though they didn't need them
  • She allegedly prescribed three of the five patients a lethal combination of painkillers, muscle relaxants and anti-anxiety drugs 

By Emily Crane For Dailymail.com

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An Oklahoma doctor has been charged with murder after five of her patients died from an 'horrifyingly excessive amount' of painkillers and other drugs she had prescribed them.

Dr Regan Nichols was charged with five counts of second-degree murder on Friday in the deaths of the patients she was caring for when she worked at the Sunshine Medical clinic in Midwest City.

The osteopathic physician is accused of prescribing more than 1,800 opioid pills to the patients who died even though they didn't need them. The patients were all given the prescriptions in the same months that they died.  

Dr Regan Nichols was charged with five counts of second-degree murder on Friday in the deaths of the patients she was caring for when she worked at an Oklahoma clinic

Dr Regan Nichols was charged with five counts of second-degree murder on Friday in the deaths of the patients she was caring for when she worked at an Oklahoma clinic

She prescribed three of the five patients a lethal combination of painkillers, muscle relaxants and anti-anxiety drugs, according to a probable cause affidavit. All of the prescriptions were signed by Nichols. 

The Oklahoma Medical Examiner's reports stated all five deaths were the result of multi-drug toxicity. 

The victims died between 2010 and 2013, and they ranged in age from 21 to 55. 

A state investigation also found that Nichols prescribed more than three million doses of controlled dangerous drugs from 2010-2014. 

'The dangers associated with opioid drugs have been well documented and most doctors follow strict guidelines when prescribing opioids to their patients,' Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter said.

The osteopathic physician is accused of prescribing more than 1,800 opioid pills to the patients who died even though they didn't need them

The osteopathic physician is accused of prescribing more than 1,800 opioid pills to the patients who died even though they didn't need them

'Nichols prescribed patients, who entrusted their well-being to her, a horrifyingly excessive amount of opioid medications. 

'Nichols' blatant disregard for the lives of her patients is unconscionable.'

Nichols was stripped of her prescribing authority of controlled dangerous substances following a September 2015 hearing before the Oklahoma State Board of Osteopathic Examiners.

She voluntarily surrendered her credentials with the Drug Enforcement Administration and Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics.

Nichols was booked into the Oklahoma County Jail on Friday afternoon on a $50,000 bond.

Nichols worked as a osteopathic physician at the Sunshine Medical clinic in Midwest City, Oklahoma when she gave out the prescriptions to the five patients

Nichols worked as a osteopathic physician at the Sunshine Medical clinic in Midwest City, Oklahoma when she gave out the prescriptions to the five patients

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