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Galea arrested on way to treat a 'Skin - who is it?


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Link: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/redskinsinsider/canadian-doctor-charged-with-s.html

Some quote from the article:

Canadian doctor charged with supplying HGH was traveling to treat player in Washington

U.S. authorities filed charges today against a Canadian doctor who is accused of supplying illegal drugs to professional football players. The paperwork mentions 23 athletes who received some form of treatment from Dr. Anthony Galea, and while no names were given, the doctor was allegedly on his way to Washington to treat a player when he was stopped by authorities.

and some more:

>> Galea was arrested in September 2009 on his way to meet with a player in Washington who was receiving treatments in the "home city in which he played."

>> The player was receiving a "medical procedure" from Galea and was later interviewed by federal agents.

>> The player told authorities he never knowingly received HGH. He got IV drips, injections to his knees, and B-12 shots to his arm.

>> This player paid for the treatments and the travel expenses of both Galea and an assistant.

>> The player reserved two Washington-area hotel rooms for the Sept. 2009 treatments, but those treatments were not delivered because the doctor was arrested.

>> At the time of the arrest, among the supplies the assistant carried for these treatments was "nutropin" -- a kind of HGH -- and Actovegin, an unapproved drug in the U.S. that anti-doping people look at skeptically.

>> The player did receive vitamin drip and HGH treatment from Galea on Aug. 12 in Washington.

>> The player was treated "on a weekly basis during the season" between Oct. 2007-09. If the player was injured, the visits sometimes occured more often. It wasn't clear whether these earlier visits took place in Washington and whether he was injured prior to the September 2009 appointment in Washington.

Who is it? we don't have much info beyond that, but I'm sure the sleuths here can figure out who was injured at that time... The "fix" is minor - "a little HGH" (doesn't give the same advantage that steroids do) but it is still cheating. A suspension is possibly looming. Who and how long? 4 games?

Sad news to read.

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