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In case you received an emailed copy of our press release and were wondering what the FDA bust was about, it was Dr. Forsythe’s use of Human Growth Hormone (HGH) in his practice. We had to dance around the use of that term in our email, however, to get the press release through the spam filters at many companies. HGH is a common topic of spammers — which we are not — but our message was being stopped by the filters nonetheless so we had to be cryptic about it.

(By the way, HGH is not a controlled or illegal substance. If it were, why wouldn’t the FDA be prosecuting the spammers?)

On September 28, 2006, Dr. James Forsythe, MD, HMD — who has been called “the best complementary and alternative physician in the U.S.” by Burton Goldberg, the voice of alternative medicine — was informed that he was being indicted on charges of smuggling Human Growth Hormone (HGH) from Israel. Armed government agents from the FDA pushed into the waiting room of the Century Wellness Clinic in Reno, Nevada, loudly stating their intent to arrest the doctor. Invading the doctor’s office during a patient consultation, the agents demanded that he appear in court the next day. Not to mention courtesy, they lacked warrants, identification, or court documents of any kind.

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