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<ref>https://quackwatch.org/cases/board/med/toth/consentorder/In April 2005, the Kansas Board of Healing Arts reprimanded John R. Toth, M.D., of Topeka, Kansas, for not timely responding to hospital pages. Two months later, the board issued an emergency suspension followed by an emergency order limiting his practice. The situation arose after two of his patients he treated with intravenous Bismacine were hospitalized with life-threatening complications. One whom he had treated for 11 years for Lyme disease, had kidney failure. The other’s heart stopped beating in Toth’s office. Two weeks later, the board concluded that the first patient had been misdiagnosed and that the bismuth product contained a toxic metal and lacked FDA approval. The hospital summarily suspended Toth’s privileges, and the board issued an emergency order limiting what Toth could do.<br><br>In December 2005, Toth signed a consent agreement (shown below) under which he inactivated his license and cannot resume practice unless he undergoes remedial education and petitions the board for reactivation. He also agreed that if permitted to resume practice, he will (a) do so in a group setting, (b) refrain from diagnosing or treating Lyme disease without prior approval by an infectious disease specialist, (c) refrain from prescribing intravenous bismuth to any patient, (d) use only methods that are generally accepted by the medical community.<br>In July 2006, the FDA issued a public warning not to use Bismacine (a/k/a Chromacine).<br><br>In 2008, Toth was sentenced to prison for manslaughter related to the patient who had died. In 2011, after having served 26 months in prison for the manslaughter case, he was sentenced to time served and some financial penalties on a federal charge of conspiring to commit mail fraud and introduce unapproved drugs and a misbranded medical device in interstate commerce.<br><br>BEFORE THE BOARD OF HEALING ARTS<br>OF THE STATE OF KANSAS  

<ref>https://quackwatch.org/cases/board/med/toth/consentorder/ In April 2005, the Kansas Board of Healing Arts reprimanded John R. Toth, M.D., of Topeka, Kansas, for not timely responding to hospital pages. Two months later, the board issued an emergency suspension followed by an emergency order limiting his practice. The situation arose after two of his patients he treated with intravenous Bismacine were hospitalized with life-threatening complications. One whom he had treated for 11 years for Lyme disease, had kidney failure. The other’s heart stopped beating in Toth’s office. Two weeks later, the board concluded that the first patient had been misdiagnosed and that the bismuth product contained a toxic metal and lacked FDA approval. The hospital summarily suspended Toth’s privileges, and the board issued an emergency order limiting what Toth could do.<br><br>In December 2005, Toth signed a consent agreement (shown below) under which he inactivated his license and cannot resume practice unless he undergoes remedial education and petitions the board for reactivation. He also agreed that if permitted to resume practice, he will (a) do so in a group setting, (b) refrain from diagnosing or treating Lyme disease without prior approval by an infectious disease specialist, (c) refrain from prescribing intravenous bismuth to any patient, (d) use only methods that are generally accepted by the medical community.<br>In July 2006, the FDA issued a public warning not to use Bismacine (a/k/a Chromacine).<br><br>In 2008, Toth was sentenced to prison for manslaughter related to the patient who had died. In 2011, after having served 26 months in prison for the manslaughter case, he was sentenced to time served and some financial penalties on a federal charge of conspiring to commit mail fraud and introduce unapproved drugs and a misbranded medical device in interstate commerce.<br><br>BEFORE THE BOARD OF HEALING ARTS<br>OF THE STATE OF KANSAS  

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