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 James Forsythe M.D. Cleared of Any Wrongdoing

Reno, NV-Well known Nevada medical oncologist  and anti-aging physician, James Forsythe M.D., H.M.D. was cleared today of any wrong doing in a thirty month federal investigation and criminal indictment by the Federal Drug Administration and the U.S. Attorney’s office into the use of human growth hormone.

 “It was unfortunate that this investigation was ever initiated. Everyone now understands that questioning the use of human growth hormone was terribly misguided, and I am grateful to be vindicated.”, says Forsythe.

Dr. Forsythe’s attorney Kevin Mirch says not only has justice been served but the FDA has requested that Forsythe author the very first protocols for the use of human growth hormone in the medical community across the nation. “This is the first time in the history of the FDA that they have asked a doctor in private practice to draw up the guidelines for using a drug,” says Mirch, and adds, “This is a complete reversal of their original intentions when they went after my client two years ago.”

Forsythe, age 68, has been a pioneer in integrative therapies and wellness medicine for more than thirty years. His Century Wellness Clinic and Cancer Screening and Treatment Center of Nevada have drawn thousands of patients from all over the world and have also turned Forsythe into an educator in his own profession.

 “There is far too much misunderstanding in the medical establishment as to the efficacy of a number of alternative therapies such as hormone replacement therapy.” says Forsythe. “I’m sure this has been a learning experience for the FDA and the federal government and I am looking forward to working with the FDA in educating medical professionals and regulatory officials as to the best uses for human growth hormone.

 Forsythe, a retired Army colonel and doctor in Vietnam, has been through many tough situations in his life but says that the last two years have been the most difficult. Not only did he know that what he was going through was totally unjustified, but also the investigation was placing a burden on his ability to treat more patients.

 "I have never lost my passion to bring healing and hope to as many people as possible. I can increase my patient work load again now that the federal government has seen fit to drop all charges and even go so far as to encourage me to keep doing what I was doing.”  

  MSNBC.com  KRNV-TV (August 11, 2007)

Anti-Aging Doctor Cleared of Wrongdoing in Federal Indictment

Well-known Nevada medical oncologist and anti-aging physician, James Forsythe M.D., H.M.D. was cleared today of any wrong doing in a thirty month federal investigation and criminal indictment by the Federal Drug Administration and the U.S. Attorney's office into the use of human growth hormone.

"It was unfortunate that this investigation was ever initiated. Everyone now understands that questioning the use of human growth hormone was terribly misguided, and I am grateful to be vindicated.", says Forsythe.

Dr. Forsythe's attorney Kevin Mirch says not only has justice been served but the FDA has requested that Forsythe author the very first protocols for the use of human growth hormone in the medical community across the nation.

"This is the first time in the history of the FDA that they have asked a doctor in private practice to draw up the guidelines for using a drug," says Mirch, and adds, "This is a complete reversal of their original intentions when they went after my client two years ago."

The 68 year-old Forsythe has been a pioneer in integrative therapies and wellness medicine for more than thirty years. His Century Wellness Clinic and Cancer Screening and Treatment Center of Nevada have drawn thousands of patients from all over the world and have also turned Forsythe into an educator in his own profession.

"There is far too much misunderstanding in the medical establishment as to the efficacy of a number of alternative therapies such as hormone replacement therapy." says Forsythe. "I'm sure this has been a learning experience for the FDA and the federal government and I am looking forward to working with the FDA in educating medical professionals and regulatory officials as to the best uses for human growth hormone

URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20218966/from/ET/

*Steve Wark, a conservative political consultant, is Forsythe's son-in-law.

JACLYN O’MALLEY
JOMALLEY@RGJ.COM

 
October 1, 2007 - A veteran Reno cancer doctor, also licensed to practice alternative medicine, is scheduled to face trial next month on federal charges alleging he trafficked smuggled human-growth hormone and gave it to a patient for anti-aging purposes.

James W. Forsythe, 68, was indicted in September 2006 following a 2004 undercover sting by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The trial has been postponed multiple times, and an August settlement agreement has seemingly fallen through.

Forsythe’s trial is scheduled for 9 a.m. Oct. 22 in federal court.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian Sullivan filed a motion Monday that said Forsythe breached a settlement agreement Aug. 9 by making false claims to the media about his case. The agreement, Sullivan said, was that Forsythe wouldn’t distribute human growth hormone for any unauthorized uses, including marketing his anti-aging program for the hormone, and would pay a $50,000 fine.

A stipulation agreement also filed with the court Aug. 9 said a settlement was reached, and that after civil action documents were filed, the criminal indictment would be dropped. The document said the two parties were requesting time to prepare the documents, and in the meantime the Oct. 2 trial date was still in place.

Later that night, a relative of Forsythe’s sent local media a release that claimed he had been cleared of all wrong-doing and the criminal charges against him had been dropped. The release quoted Forsythe and his attorney, Kevin Mirch.

An article appeared in the Reno Gazette-Journal the next day based on the settlement notice and the comments in Forsythe’s release.

“Both (Forsythe and his attorney) made statements that were inconsistent with the terms of the agreement that had been reached,” Sullivan said in his motion. “... the Government considered that the defendant’s actions constituted a material breach of the agreement and he had not been negotiating in good faith.”

Sullivan said Forsythe’s refusal to approve the settlement documents during a hearing last week is proof he acted in bad faith, and is why the case is going to trial.
Mirch said Monday he could not comment on the case. But he said the prior settlement agreement only said the criminal indictment was going to be dropped.

Forsythe is accused of twice giving an undercover FDA agent — posing as a patient — a vial of Bio-Tropin, an illegal human-growth hormone, in 2004 because he said he wanted to feel younger. Forsythe then allegedly falsely diagnosed the agent with illnesses without running tests to justify charging his insurance company with an expensive laboratory test.