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Legal loopholes fuel growth of steroid clinics in South Florida - Miami-Dade - MiamiHerald.com
...a gray area of Florida healthcare law that has allowed many “anti-aging” or “rejuvenation” clinics to proliferate across the state with little government oversight.
Exploiting the same legal loopholes that made South Florida the top source of black-market prescription painkillers, these clinics have helped make the region one of the top markets in the United States for illegal steroids and growth hormones — feeding potentially dangerous medications not just to athletes and bodybuilders, but also to aging men hoping to fend off Father Time...
The Department of Health monitors clinics owned by doctors. But many anti-aging clinics are owned by non-doctors who then hire physicians to work for them — avoiding the scrutiny of regulators.
This is the same gap in the law that allowed scores of pain clinics to sell powerful painkillers across South Florida with almost no oversight, once making Broward County the national pipeline of black-market oxycodone and other dangerous pills. The Legislature finally forced pain clinics to register with the state and increased monitoring in 2009.
“Anti-aging” has become a popular marketing slogan for medical practices specializing in cosmetic procedures. But it has also become something of a code word for steroids and growth hormones, particularly among bodybuilders and pro athletes.
Read more here: Legal loopholes fuel growth of steroid clinics in South Florida - Miami-Dade - MiamiHerald.com
...a gray area of Florida healthcare law that has allowed many “anti-aging” or “rejuvenation” clinics to proliferate across the state with little government oversight.
Exploiting the same legal loopholes that made South Florida the top source of black-market prescription painkillers, these clinics have helped make the region one of the top markets in the United States for illegal steroids and growth hormones — feeding potentially dangerous medications not just to athletes and bodybuilders, but also to aging men hoping to fend off Father Time...
The Department of Health monitors clinics owned by doctors. But many anti-aging clinics are owned by non-doctors who then hire physicians to work for them — avoiding the scrutiny of regulators.
This is the same gap in the law that allowed scores of pain clinics to sell powerful painkillers across South Florida with almost no oversight, once making Broward County the national pipeline of black-market oxycodone and other dangerous pills. The Legislature finally forced pain clinics to register with the state and increased monitoring in 2009.
“Anti-aging” has become a popular marketing slogan for medical practices specializing in cosmetic procedures. But it has also become something of a code word for steroids and growth hormones, particularly among bodybuilders and pro athletes.
Read more here: Legal loopholes fuel growth of steroid clinics in South Florida - Miami-Dade - MiamiHerald.com
