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12.5 yearsSentence for a Kingwood pill mill doctor

A Texas doctor who ran a cash-only pill mill selling prescriptions to drug dealers was sentenced to 12.5 years after issuing scripts for more than 3 million opioid pills.

Dr. Maryam Qayum's Recare Health Clinic charged as much as $500 per oxycodone prescription and sometimes issued them without her ever speaking to the patient. She pleaded guilty in March 2026; four staff and associates, including a nurse practitioner and a pharmacist, were sentenced alongside her.

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Source: US Drug Enforcement Administration. Read more: pill mill fraud · case file

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  1. Texas Physician Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Operating a Houston-Area Pill Mill. US Drug Enforcement Administration. Accessed 2026-10-16. Supports: Qayum's 12.5-year sentence, the more than 3 million opioid pills prescribed, the $500 cash price, the lack of patient interaction, her March 2026 guilty plea, and the co-defendants' roles and sentences.