article_snippet.sent: A Sydney anti-ageing doctor has been found guilty of medical misconduct after A Sydney anti-ageing doctor was revealed NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal had been inappropriately prescribing drugs such as steroids and hormones to NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal patients.
article_snippet.sent: The doctor, who opened one of NSW's first anti-ageing clinics, has been prosecuted by the Health Care Complaints Commission (HCCC) for NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal conduct between August 2007 and August 2009, Fairfax Media reports.
article_snippet.sent: NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal also revealed that some patients receiving these medications, such as bodybuilders and bouncers, had a history of abusing such substances.
article_snippet.sent: The fact that the anti-ageing doctor failed to measure patients body weight or body mass index before prescribing dosages, and simply took patients' word on symptoms were also aired at NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
article_snippet.sent: A tribunal found the anti-ageing doctor was irresponsible diagnosing medications such as steroids and keeping inaccurate patient records .
article_snippet.sent: irresponsible diagnosing medications such as steroids were, according to Fairfax Media's report, anastrozole (Arimidex), human chorionic gonadotrophin, human growth hormone, nandrolone deconoate and testosterone.
article_snippet.sent: While the anti-ageing doctor prescribed drugs 'off-record', which means for a use other than their intended purpose, this in this is not illegal.
article_snippet.sent: But NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal found that in conjuction with the anti-ageing doctor other questionable practices, NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal was 'difficult to find the practitioner's off-label prescribing as conforming to acceptable medical practice'.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Epstein's barrister, Philip Greenwood SC asked NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal not to align Philip Greenwood SC client's anti-ageing practice with that of conventional medicine.
article_snippet.sent: The anti-ageing doctor had previously warned in 2007 about the prescription of steroids, and came to the attention of authorities again when a patient had the drugs seized when travelling overseas.
highlights_snippet.sent: The Sydney anti-ageing doctor was inappropriately prescribing drugs .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Steroids and human growth hormone were being given to patients .
  