A 63-year old master athletes was banned for using anabolic steroids at the USA Masters Track & Field Championship on July 28, 2011. Stephen Craig Shumaker, competing for the Long and Strong Throwers Club, tested positive for exogenous testosterone. [Read more…]
Hormone Replacement Therapy
Low T Advertisements Are Not Really Promoting Androgel According to Canadian Government
Abbott Laboratories, the manufacturers of Androgel testosterone gel, have successfully bypassed Canada’s prohibition against direct-to-consumer advertising for pharmaceutical drugs with the promotion of a new “Low T” campaign. Direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising is banned in most countries around the world with the United States being the notable exception. [Read more…]
Steroid Charges Against Anti-Aging Clinic Lifetime Wellness
The owner of the Missouri-based anti-aging clinic Lifetime Wellness LLC and a Maryland physician were named in an indictment by the United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri. Businessman Scott Lofquist and osteopathic doctor Rodney Baltazar are charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids and four counts of aiding and abetting to distribute anabolic steroids. [Read more…]
Treasure Coast Pharmacy Indicted Along with Doctors Who Wrote Steroid Prescriptions
An investigation into Treasure Coast Pharmacy codenamed “Operation Juice Doctor 2” has resulted in the indictment of thirteen individuals. The arrests come several weeks after the pharmacy was raided by federal and state agents in June 2011. The co-defendants face charges for the illegal distribution of anabolic steroids, human growth hormone and oxycodone. Treasure Coast Pharmacy was one of the largest suppliers of anabolic steroids in the United States according to the government. The indictment named the principal owners and pharmacists associated with Treasure Coast. Prosecutors also took the additional step of charging the owners and “sales consultants” of anti-aging and hormone replacement clinic owners who used Treasure Coast to fill steroid prescriptions for their clients. [Read more…]
Feds Indict Owners of South Beach Rejuvenation and LA Health and Rejuvenation
The owner of a once-popular hormone replacement therapy clinic was arrested this week for the illegal distribution of anabolic steroids over the internet but this was the least of his worries. Jeffrey George started selling steroids through his South Beach Rejuvenation clinic in 2006 but it was his involvement in a chain of Florida pain clinics that has made him the focus of federal investigators. [Read more…]
Barbarella is on Steroids!
Jane Fonda, the two-time Academy Award winning actress, admitted using the anabolic steroid testosterone in a recent interview with The Sunday Telegraph. The 73-year old actress started using testosterone to enhance her libido beginning at the age of 70. The 1960s sex symbol, who starred in Barbarella: Queen of the Galaxy, raved about the benefits of testosterone for women seeking to improve their sex lives. [Read more…]
Treasure Coast Pharmacy One of Largest Suppliers of Anabolic Steroids in the United States
Treasure Coast Pharmacy, a Florida-based compounding pharmacy, was one of the largest suppliers of anabolic steroids in the United States according to state and federal investigators. Treasure Coast was raided last month after a joint investigation by the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Florida Department of Health. The investigation identified 57 doctors who prescribed 10,774 orders of anabolic steroids and human growth hormone (hGH) over a six-month period. [Read more…]
UFC Fires Nate Marquardt for Testosterone Replacement Therapy Problems
Mixed martial artist Nate Marquardt acknowledged using the anabolic steroid testosterone for medically-supervised testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) during an appearance on MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani on June 28, 2011. He was treated with testoterone injections after his primary care physician discovered that Marquardt’s serum blood testosterone levels were low. Ultimate Fight Championship’s Dana White fired Nate Marquardt due to what he considered a questionable need for TRT after he was suspended by the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission prior to a June 2011 fight with Rick Story. [Read more…]
Treasure Coast Pharmacy Dispensed Steroids for Infinity Longevity and Lifetime Wellness
Treasure Coast Pharmacy filled anabolic steroid prescription orders for clients of two anti-aging and hormone replacement clinics whose owners are serving sentences in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges related to the distribution of anabolic steroids and human growth hormone (HGH). [Read more…]
Treasure Coast Pharmacy Raided by Drug Enforcement Agency
Treasure Coast Pharmacy, a Florida-based compounding pharmacy well known in the bodybuilding community for compounding custom formulations of anabolic steroids, was raided by several U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) agents early on Tuesday morning. The Florida Department of Health also participated in the raid. Agents seized several boxes of documents possibly containing records of prescribing doctors and pharmacy clients. [Read more…]