Danville Psychiatrist Has License Suspended

{Frankfort, Kentucky}...The state Board of Medical Licensure has issued an emergency order of suspension for Dr. Melborne Williams, a Danville psychiatrist. Officials are investigating allegations that at least 12 of his patients in Clay County died of drug overdoses in the past year. Williams allegedly overprescribed Xanax and other prescription medications. The suspension order says Williams prescribed 1.35 million Alprazolam, which is commonly known by the brand name Xanax, tablets on 12,622 separate prescriptions between April 2011 and March 12, 2012, making him the leading prescriber of that medication in Kentucky.