Call for crackdown on docs who peddle HGH

MSNBC
Posted: June 18th, 2008 by Steve Trinward

“In March of last year, when Jeff Beacher, then 33 and headlining his own Las Vegas variety show, was looking for ways to shave some of the bulk off his 350-pound frame, he followed a friend’s advice and turned to Dr. Ivan Goldsmith’s TrimCare weight-loss clinic. According to Beacher, Goldsmith prescribed an impressive cocktail of drugs including human growth hormone, testosterone, phentermine (a weight-loss drug), Glucophage (used to control diabetes) and Arimidex (a drug intended for post-menopausal women with breast cancer), a combo that, he says, turned his life upside down, nearly ruined his business, and sent him looking for psychiatric help.” (06/18/08)

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