WEST HOLLYWOOD—A former doctor who was accused of illegally prescribing painkillers was handed down a sentence on April 11.

James Eisenberg, 73, was given a split 18 month sentence, according to Thom Mrozek of the U.S Attorney’s Office. Eisenberg will have to spend six months in jail and one year in a halfway house in addition to cooperating with any action taken against him by the California Medical Board during a three-year supervised release.

Eisenberg, a resident of Venice, was indicted on May 13, 2013, on four counts of using a revoked DEA registration number and three counts of distribution of the painkiller, hyrdocodone. The former doctor ran several medical offices out ofWest Hollywood including one called Pacific Support Services on Santa Monica Boulevard.

The location of that office was in the same area as the now-closed Zen Healing, which belonged to Andrew Kramer. Kramer pleaded guilty to arson and other felonies on March 28, 2014.

Eisenberg was accused of writing the prescriptions for the narcotic in exchange for cash payments. The doctor was also accused of writing medical marijuana recommendations and other painkiller prescriptions to undercover officers who posed as patients, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eisenberg had his registration number suspended by a DEA administrative judge on December 14, 2011, followed by the complete revocation of that number on June 24, 2012.

According to the indictment, the DEA soon learned that Eisenberg had continued to prescribe hydrocodone, among other drugs, after having his registration number revoked. It was later found that over 1,700 of his prescriptions had been filled out by patients, with 1,200 of those being used to obtain hydrocodone. The indictment stated that the earliest of these prescriptions was filled out less than two weeks after Eisenberg’s registration number was suspended.

In August 2013, Eisenberg pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of hydrocodone, thus avoiding the maximum sentence of 46 years from the original seven counts.