Priscilla Ann Hendrix faces North Carolina GLP-1 prescription charges after investigators accused her of diagnosing clients and distributing prescription weight-loss medication without a North Carolina license. The case puts former clients who say they paid thousands of dollars for syringes they believed held GLP-1 drugs in the middle of an open legal question: what, exactly, was being sold.
The charges total 10 felony charges, split between five counts of practicing medicine without a North Carolina license and five counts of obtaining property by false pretenses. Charity Ogle, a former client, said she spent over $3,000 after a friend referred her to Hendrix.
Charity Ogle and Blackford Wellness
Ogle said, “I had tried all the things, like counting calories. Initially, everything with her looked legit,” and later, “It worked good for the first few months.” She said Hendrix then told her she needed to go up in dosage and that would mean paying more.
“She said I needed to go up in my dosage and that meant paying more. I roughly figured the cost last night, and it was over $3,000,” Ogle said Tuesday. She also told people, “Do your research,” and, “Before you go somewhere like this, see actual credentials. See what you're getting. Just don't trust somebody and pick up a loaded syringe.”
Mt. Carmel Drive in Asheville
Priscilla Ann Hendrix owned Blackford Wellness, which operated out of a medical office on Mt. Carmel Drive in Asheville and near her home in Leicester. On Tuesday, July 14, news reporters visited both locations in an attempt to speak with Hendrix, but no one answered.
Before July 14, another client emailed that she had spent over $5,000 with Hendrix. More patients have come forward saying they lost money after buying what they believed were GLP-1 weight-loss drugs from the Asheville business.
NPI and North Carolina
News 13 reported that Hendrix had an NPI number, but an NPI number does not relate to any licensing or approval to distribute or prescribe any drugs. The same reporting said she did not have a nurse practitioner license, even while she allegedly promoted herself that way.
One woman wrote in comments on previous reporting, “I got a GLP-1 from her for a while and felt like I was injecting water, because I felt nothing.” The charges now leave the focus on the syringes themselves and on whether clients received the medication they believed they were paying for.
