March 11, 2010

Fake Botox Treatments

A Plastic Surgeon Group out of Albany, together with several of their employees, have been charged following guilty pleas that they have been making use of non Food & Drug Administration accepted Botox solutions on their patients.

The Plastic Surgery Group, LLP (TPSG), of Albany have been sentenced and ordered to pay restitution within the amount of $106,686, and also a fine of $200,000, in connection with TPSG’s plea of guilty to a single felony count of misbranding medication.

The organization was sentenced in District Court in Albany, together with Doctors William F. DeLuca Jr., Douglas M. Hargrave, Jeffrey L. Rockmore, Steven M. Lynch, and John D. Noonan, who have been all sentenced to probation along with neighborhood service and ordered to pay out restitution within the amount of $106,686 plus a fine of $5,000.

The Plastic Surgery Group’s clinic officer, Peter Slattery, as well as supervisory nurse Susan Knott were likewise sentenced.

Restitution in the amount of $106,686, as well as fines in the amount of $1,000 and $500, respectively.

Just about all the people had been sentenced in connection with their guilty pleas to 1 misdemeanor count of misbranding drugs.

Consistent with plea agreements, commencing in about February 2004 and continuing to December 2004, defendant TPSG gave up on making use of the FDA-approved Botox + Botox Cosmetic and started exclusively utilizing a non-FDA approved TRI-toxin on its patients searching for treatment with Botulinum Toxin Kind A for wrinkles.

5 doctors, whose professional corporations were partners of The Plastic Surgery Group’s (the “treating physicians”), with the help of The Plastic Surgery Group’s nurses, injected around 150 clients with the unapproved products.

Botox is an increasingly popular treatment because it can be targeted to treat the specific muscles that are overused. Botox is injected into the muscles, not the nerves, and it works by impairing the muscle’s ability to flex. The patient is able to work with the doctor, specifically identifying the areas that they believe are the origin of the migraines. The Botox may be slightly diluted and is then injected into the muscle. The physician will often massage the injection site to ensure proper dispersion of the medication. It only takes about 20 minutes for a treatment and it usually takes effect in a few days.


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