A Summersville attorney said several former patients of Know Pain Clinic in Beckley are prepared to file a class-action lawsuit against the clinic.

Attorney Bill McCourt said he's spoken with around 12 patients who have been unable to find new doctors since the clinic closed around the end of August or beginning of September.

"They're generally getting the type of medication that a lot of doctors have been sued in the past for dispersing," he said. "Doctors don't just want to bring you in and give you this type of medicine.

"They want to make sure the people they're giving the medicine to is who is getting the medicine," he added. "It's the type that's resellable." According to McCourt, Know Pain patients who really need the medication are harmed by the stereotypes and by the clinic closing.

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