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Aging
Growth hormone is illegal for off-label anti-aging use
November 18th, 2005
Because of 1988 and 1990 amendments to the U.S. Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, off-label distribution or provision of human growth hormone to treat aging or age-associated illnesses is illegal in the United States, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The findings, which were peer-reviewed by independent experts and by the journal's legal counsel, appeared in the Oct. 26 issue. A team of three noted health researchers revealed a largely unknown and unenforced law that thousands of entrepreneurs and physicians are breaking. The authors are Dr. Thomas Perls, director of the New England Centenarian Study at...
Source: Drug Week (2005-11-18)
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