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[Definitie:] "An ergogenic aid is any substance or phenomenon that enhances performance."
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Local Doctor Under Investigation By Medical Board
University Heights Doctor Runs Internet Practice
TheSanDiegoChannel.com SAN DIEGO -- The state Medical Board is investigating a University Heights doctor who runs an Internet practice amid allegations of gross negligence and incompetence, it was reported Monday.
Dr. Joseph Lee Filbeck Jr. could have his license revoked by the Medical Board, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune. Board investigators got a tip in October to check out a Web site called Hormoneprescriptions.com, which advertised access to potent prescription drugs, the newspaper reported. An investigator used bogus medical information to order 10 100-milligram tablets of Viagra, the newspaper reported. The drugs came in the mail two days later with a receipt showing they originated from the La Jolla Center for Anti-Aging and had been authorized by Filbeck. Investigators conducted a background check on Filbeck, 69, and learned that he previously had been cited for illegally importing human growth hormones from Mexico, according to the Union-Tribune. In 2001, Filbeck was fined $500 and ordered to stop distributing hormones. The investigator then placed an order for hormones, the newspaper reported. The drugs arrived in the mail two days later with a receipt showing that Filbeck authorized the prescription. Authorities accuse Filbeck, who has been licensed in California since 1974, of never personally examining the investigator or contacting his real doctor to verify that the Viagra or the hormone prescriptions were medically appropriate, the newspaper reported. Filbeck provided the state Medical Board with medical records he maintained for the investigator, showing he consulted with the man's doctor, according to the Union-Tribune. Medical Board investigators determined the records were falsified, board officials told the newspaper. Filbeck faces an administrative law court hearing, in which state medical authorities will begin the legal process of trying to have his medical license suspended or revoked, the newspaper reported. |
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