ST. LOUIS A St. Louis County doctor who pleaded guilty last year to a federal felony, and admitted he illegally sold misbranded human growth hormone to patients, is licensed to practice medicine again. <\/p>\n
Dr. Michael Ted Mimlitz, 51, was sentenced in April 2016 to two years of probation and fined $30,000 for selling misbranded human growth hormone to local clinic patients, prosecutors said. He also had to forfeit $59,500, representing some of the proceeds from the sale of the drug. <\/p>\n
Mimlitz went just 3 months without a medical license. The Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts revoked his medical license in November. But he had already applied for a new license in October. The board granted a new license on March 2. <\/p>\n
The license is on probation for two years. Within the first six months, he must successfully complete board-approved courses in ethics and prescribing. He could not be reached for comment. <\/p>\n
Mimlitz admitted in U.S. District Court that he become involved in the Mens Medical Institute after identifying a need for a clinic specializing in testosterone replacement therapy for men. <\/p>\n
Patients began asking for human growth hormone, he said, and he found a Mexican supplier online after being unable to find it in the U.S. He sold the misbranded drugs to about 40 patients. <\/p>\n
The drugs were misbranded, contained labels in Spanish, not English, and were not manufactured by a facility licensed or registered by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, according to court testimony. <\/p>\n
Prosecutors pointed out in a statement announcing the plea that doctors can prescribe HGH for a handful of reasons, including wasting diseases associated with AIDS or Prader-Willi syndrome, but not to help patients with body-building, anti-aging, or weight loss treatments. <\/p>\n
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