Thursday, August 8, 2013

HNF Stories 12:26 pmThu August 8, 2013 Unlicensed Pharmacies Selling Compounded Drugs Online   By Carol Gentry and Bob LaMendola  

An unlicensed pharmacy business based in Largo is using websites to sell performance-enhancing drugs for body-builders and controversial hormone treatments to extreme dieters in apparent violation of Florida laws. The Internet companies, which share an address, are U.S. Injectables LLC and U.S. Peptides LLC. They host websites that offer a number of drugs on the “List of Prohibited Substances” by the World Anti-Doping Agency. The drugs are not illegal in themselves, but some of them are by-prescription-only, while others are not approved for human consumption.Donald H. Pierce of Largo is listed as owner of both companies that sponsor the websites. He declined to discuss them with a reporter beyond saying he is doing nothing illegal.
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