Anna Methadone Doc -- That's Entertainment

The doctor who prescribed methadone to a very pregnant Anna Nicole Smith to a phony name and had it shipped to the Bahamas -- has an interesting medical practice.

TMZ broke the story that Dr. Sandeep Kapoor, who practices in Los Angeles, wrote a prescription for methadone on August 25, 13 days before Anna Nicole gave birth.

TMZ searched the internet and found a description of Dr. Kapoor's practice in an advertisement for someone who has worked "in an outpatient based settling." In the description of his practice, Dr. Kapoor lists "Entertainment Medicine."


Ad from Kapoor
TMZ contacted St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica which caters to celebrities, and a spokesman there said he had never heard of "Entertainment Medicine."



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1. He should be ashamed... he should be more profesionnal. I have doubt that not all doctors are created equal...

Posted at 11:06AM on Feb 15th 2007 by Karine

2. Kapoor and Kidnapper-Stern contributed to Anna's death -- there is NO DOUBT about that.

Posted at 11:12AM on Feb 15th 2007 by froglevel

3. LOL!! Internal Medicine is a specialty - like being a surgeon or a neurologist. This would be funny except for the fact that people like ANS are drug seeking and getting their fix from these shamans. An internal medicine specialist would be involved in assessing a person's fitness for surgery, and believe me, the internists I work with would never have deemed ANS fit for surgery. This woman had a caesarian, cosmetic procedures, and a drug addiction and no credible medical professional would have prescribed or operated on her because of the risk to her life and now she's dead. A lot of people have a lot to answer for. HKS wasn't her only enabler. If one good thing comes out of her life and death it would be the exposure and tighter regulations aimed at shutting down these quacks.

Posted at 11:17AM on Feb 15th 2007 by Margie

4. IS DOCTOR KAPOOR TAKING ON ANY NEW PATIENTS? I NEED MY PRESCRITION FILLED DR. KAPOOR. CAN YOU FEDEX IT TO ME IN MICHELLE CHASE NAME.LOL!

Posted at 11:19AM on Feb 15th 2007 by TROY

5. "Entertainment Medicine"?! LOL. Is that code language for drugs (legal, illegal or prescribed)? Only in America. This guy should hang!!!

Posted at 11:29AM on Feb 15th 2007 by Dottie

6. Lets not be so quick to judge. Maybe Anna Nicole was not on Methadone...MAYBE it was HOAWRD K STERN who got the drugs shipped because he planned on giving it to Daniel. I think Anna Nicole was so out of it, she had no clue what was going on. It would make sense for that scum Stern to have it shipped down in her name ( or aliases ). He planned on offing Daniel. But if anything came of it, he could blame the doctor who prescribed it.

The entire thing is a crime, and American is just letting it happen. I trust God and justice today...give Dannilynne back to her REAL father, give Anna back to her real mother so she may be buried with her son Daniel.

Howard K Stern needs the death penalty...this reeks of OJ and Scott Peterson.

And..people need to boycott Entertainment Tonight, Mark Stienman and Mary Hart. I cannot believe they are promoting Howard K Stern and using all their media savvy to gain sympathy for him.

Posted at 11:34AM on Feb 15th 2007 by kim

7. These dot heads are taking our jobs & ruining our country. Have his ass deported.

Posted at 11:35AM on Feb 15th 2007 by SV

8. truth be told these type of doctor's are a dime a dozen here in los angeles, you want it, name it, you get it

Posted at 11:36AM on Feb 15th 2007 by cierra

9. We can all TALK about this on this site, but what needs to happen is people talking to the congressman in this area, and then things will GET DONE! This man needs to lose his license, and NOW!!! I will be e-mailing the correct people.

Posted at 11:49AM on Feb 15th 2007 by Amy

10. I'm sick of MY TAX DOLLARS being spent on court costs for this farce of a case!

Posted at 11:50AM on Feb 15th 2007 by imitalian

11. Someone needs to investigate the prescribing practice that Dr. Kanpoor had for ANS. Judging from the parade photo, he has probably been prescribing narcotics for her in fairly large amounts for almost two years. This is clearly unacceptable medical practice. ANS did not have a severe chronic pain indication such as inoperable cancer.

All anyone has to do is file a complaint with the California Medical Board. (google for it). All their actions are public, and they are obligated to open an investigation on each complaint. I think having a couple hundred people complain about this might get some open daylight on a a dark, dirty medical secret that these scummy doctors call "Entertainment Medicine" - obviously it's selling prescriptions in inappriate quantities and for inappropriate or non-existant medical conditons to celebrities and those with money.

Let's all file complaints.

Posted at 11:51AM on Feb 15th 2007 by ellen

12. Look who's ugly face and profile is to the left of the drug-whore and her supplier.

Posted at 11:52AM on Feb 15th 2007 by ellen

13. The address on the RX is 2800 N. Ashland, not on Google, and Stern's Santa Monica address was or is 2800 Neilsen Way found at zabasearch.com When Stern called in the presciption, he gave a phony name and address committing fraud with a controlled substance, which is a felony, why isn't he being detained for this? Why the need for a phony address?

Posted at 11:53AM on Feb 15th 2007 by Granny

14. Despite possible complications and public policy controversy, methadone maintenance during pregnancy is stiff the treatment of choice for opioid addicted women, according to a recent article in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. The course results in better fetal outcomes and helps stem the tide of HIV infection in mothers and their children

Posted at 12:05PM on Feb 15th 2007 by Lisa J

15. individuals should contact Dr. Sandeep Kapoor via email at skapoor@sbcglobal.net or fax at 818-762-1167

Posted at 12:13PM on Feb 15th 2007 by angellovef

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