Anti-aging clinics supplying HGH illegally
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FDA may have approved Hgh injections for only for certain deficiency diseases and this may be prescription drug, Hgh may have been banned by elite sporting organizations as a performance-enhancing drug, but the fact remains that Hgh can be easily obtained from various sources without the buyer requiring to produce a prescription at the counter.
The situation is all more serious in Australia where the substance is easily available from the doctor himself at the so-called anti-ageing clinics and drug testing authorities are struggling to obtain even basic data about the supply of the substance there. Since 2001, eight doctors in Australia have already been disciplined for illegitimate supply of HGH. Five of them are from New South Wales, three from Victoria and one from Queensland.
Professor Ken Ho, one of Australia’s leading endocrinologists, says that anti-aging clinics are an easy option for those who want to go for the illegitimate use of HGH.
“Anyone can get human growth hormone from an anti-ageing clinic which prescribes the substance,” he told ABC1’s Lateline.
An Australian professional body builder who wished to remain anonymous said there was little difficulty in obtaining the substance. “Certain doctors used to have their own supply. Basically they would just sell it to you. You’d go in, they would fill the script for you there and then. I guess they were probably interested in making a dollar,” he said.
Professor Ho expresses his concern for the side-effects of unadministered use of HGH. “Patients develop diabetes, heart failure and severe disfigurement of the face, from the development of huge ears, a large nose and protruding jaw and their quality of life is totally miserable,” he said.
Source: (Lateline report by John Stewart and Conor Duffy which was aired on May 20, 2008.)
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