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Richard Chudacoff, MD
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-----Original Message-----
From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Karen Lee
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 8:33 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
Subject: Re: Growth Hormone - was Bioidentical HT
They are sending patients in with a lengthy
report on their saliva tests with a
reccomendation that they receive Tx for their
'imbalances' and have called me to suggest that I
Rx compounded HT for my patient after a
consultation with her. The patients are buying it
hook, line and sinker and it takes me about 10
minutes, showing what a menstrual cycle looks
like and why a 'snapshot' of hormone levels is so
very meaningless!
--- "Anna Meenan, MD" <annam@uic.edu> wrote:
> Are you saying that the PHARMACIST is selling
> HGH directly to the
> public? Yikes!
>
> Anna Meenan, MD
>
> At Mon, 10 May 2004, Karen Lee wrote:
> >
> >I would like to know how you all feel about
> >pharmacies selling hormone saliva tests and
> have
> >a 'consultation' with a pharmacist who then
> tells
> >you that you are "estrogen dominant" or "need
> >HGH". I had the local pharmacist who is doing
> >this ask me to go to a 'conference' which was
> >really a 'rally' to get more MLMs going! Of
> >course the naturopaths are also making big
> money
> >on these tests. I politely said no, but I'm
> >finding myself irritated by this. And hence,
> when
> >I did my recent program I found myself calling
> >these tests 'snake oil' and probably offended
> the
> >pharmacist! Do you think it is incumbant on us
> to
> >do something about it?
> >
> >--- "Joanne Bulley, MD" <islesannie@yahoo.com>
> >wrote:
> >> I have had several tlelmarketers calling to
> >> entice me to try this new
> >> medical breakthrough of going on Growth
> >> Hormone.
> >>
> >> After hanging up on them the second time - I
> >> thought I should get their
> >> name and report them!
> >>
> >> Joanne
> >>
> >> At Sat, 8 May 2004, Anna Meenan, MD wrote:
> >> >
> >> >My sister asked me to evaluate a website
> the
> >> other day---some doc who
> >> >touted "bioidentical hormone
> therapy", wanted
> >> to charge her a couple
> >> >thousand bucks to "analyze" her
> serum and
> >> design a regimen for her. One
> >> >of the "Bioidentical hormones" he
> considered
> >> to have potential
> >> >usefullness was Human Growth Hormone!
> Yikes!
> >> Wish I could remember the
> >> >guy's name. I told my sis to stay clear of
> >> him.
> >> >
> >> >--
> >> > Anna Meenan, MD
> >> >
> >>
> >> --
> >> Joanne Bulley, MD
> >> Keene, NH, USA
>
