Re: Growth Hormone - was Bioidentical HT
From: Anna Meenan, MD (annam@uic.edu)
Mon May 10 20:23:46 2004
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
