RockNRoll
June 28th, 2007, 01:31 AM
from an msnbc article about pro wrestler Chris Benoit who killed his wife and child and hanged himself this past weekend http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19468182/
....authorities in Georgia were investigating a link between Benoit and a Florida business that may have supplied him with steroids.
Six people, including two of the pharmacy’s owners, have pleaded guilty in the investigation, and 20 more have been arrested, including doctors and pharmacists.
“That’s something that sounds like we ought to be investigating,” Ballard told the AP on Wednesday.
A lawyer for MedXLife co-owner Dr. Gary Brandwein scoffed at allegations that his client’s company sold steroids to Benoit.
“I’ve only read that in the paper. I have no direct information about that whatsoever,” Terence Kindlon said Wednesday, adding that prosecutors in Albany County, N.Y., were trying to “distract everyone’s attention from the fact that their case is disintegrating.”
Brandwein, a 44-year-old osteopath from Boca Raton, Fla., has pleaded not guilty to six counts in New York state court related to the criminal sale of a controlled substance. He was accused of signing and sending prescriptions without ever seeing patients.
Telephone messages left for attorneys for Brian Schafler and Greg Trotta — two other co-owners of MedXLife — were not immediately returned Wednesday. The two men have pleaded guilty to felony third-degree diversion of prescription medications and prescriptions, admitting they helped get drugs in 2006 for customers in upstate New York who had no medical need for them.
McDevitt said the drugs found in Benoit’s house were legitimately prescribed. “There’s no question, none of these drugs are out there, none of these drugs came from Internet pharmacies,” he said.
In addition to causing paranoia and explosive outbursts, steroids can also contribute to deep depression, according to experts.
“Just as you have the extreme high of when you’re on steroids, you can get the opposite,” said Dr. Todd Schlifstein, a clinical assistant professor at the New York University School of Medicine. “You can have a dramatic difference in mood swings. You can feel there’s no hope, there’s no future.”
what a sad story -- and a of course a strong caveat about steroids -- also turns out the couple argued over the care of their developmentally disabled child
....authorities in Georgia were investigating a link between Benoit and a Florida business that may have supplied him with steroids.
Six people, including two of the pharmacy’s owners, have pleaded guilty in the investigation, and 20 more have been arrested, including doctors and pharmacists.
“That’s something that sounds like we ought to be investigating,” Ballard told the AP on Wednesday.
A lawyer for MedXLife co-owner Dr. Gary Brandwein scoffed at allegations that his client’s company sold steroids to Benoit.
“I’ve only read that in the paper. I have no direct information about that whatsoever,” Terence Kindlon said Wednesday, adding that prosecutors in Albany County, N.Y., were trying to “distract everyone’s attention from the fact that their case is disintegrating.”
Brandwein, a 44-year-old osteopath from Boca Raton, Fla., has pleaded not guilty to six counts in New York state court related to the criminal sale of a controlled substance. He was accused of signing and sending prescriptions without ever seeing patients.
Telephone messages left for attorneys for Brian Schafler and Greg Trotta — two other co-owners of MedXLife — were not immediately returned Wednesday. The two men have pleaded guilty to felony third-degree diversion of prescription medications and prescriptions, admitting they helped get drugs in 2006 for customers in upstate New York who had no medical need for them.
McDevitt said the drugs found in Benoit’s house were legitimately prescribed. “There’s no question, none of these drugs are out there, none of these drugs came from Internet pharmacies,” he said.
In addition to causing paranoia and explosive outbursts, steroids can also contribute to deep depression, according to experts.
“Just as you have the extreme high of when you’re on steroids, you can get the opposite,” said Dr. Todd Schlifstein, a clinical assistant professor at the New York University School of Medicine. “You can have a dramatic difference in mood swings. You can feel there’s no hope, there’s no future.”
what a sad story -- and a of course a strong caveat about steroids -- also turns out the couple argued over the care of their developmentally disabled child