Article: NSW: Teen grows facial hair and deep voice after weight vitamins


AAP General News (Australia)
07-30-2001
NSW: Teen grows facial hair and deep voice after weight vitamins

By Denise McNamara

SYDNEY, July 30 AAP - A teenage girl trying to gain weight grew facial hair and developed
a deep voice after receiving what she believed were vitamin injections from a GP, a tribunal
was told today.

Dr Monier Gad is facing charges of professional misconduct before the Medical Tribunal
in Sydney for allegedly giving his patient anabolic steroids as part of a testosterone
treatment three years ago.

The patient, who cannot be named, told the tribunal earlier this year she was "really
stressed out" about everyone telling her how thin she was at 52 kg.

Then aged 16, ...

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