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Yahoo
27-03-2025
- Health
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Another Ohio beauty spa loses license over bootleg drug allegations
Stock photo from Getty Images. The Ohio Board of Pharmacy on Tuesday suspended the license of a beauty spa after determining that it was giving patients dangerous drugs that lacked the proper approvals. In this case, the spa was injecting patients with 'counterfeit' Botox that the operator said she'd gotten from a California dentist she wouldn't identify. The board said the business also was distributing other drugs suspected to be counterfeit, including some obtained in 'cash purchases' off of Facebook. This is at least the third time this year that the board has seized the license of a company operating beauty spas on charges of using fake drugs on their patients. In January, it suspended the licenses of two companies operating clinics in Columbus, Cleveland, Dayton and Cincinnati on charges that they were fobbing off unapproved weight-loss drugs known as GLP-1s on their patients. The instances raised concerns that many so-called 'wellness' clinics were putting profits over patient safety. The board on Tuesday summarily suspended the license of Rejuv and Renew Wellness Spa to distribute dangerous drugs. The business operates locations in Mainville and Franklin, both in Warren County between Cincinnati and Dayton. The order suspending the license says that Board of Pharmacy inspectors visited the spa's Mainville location on March 14. They found Botox, an injection used to reduce wrinkles and facial lines; Liporase, an enzyme used to undo some skin procedures, and Xeomin, a drug similar to Botox. The Botox vial lacked a National Drug Code and a manufacturer's hologram, while the Liporase vials 'had characters of an unknown language on the label,' the inspection report said. Three days later, on March 17, drug distributor AbbVie confirmed that the Botox inspectors found was counterfeit, the inspection report said. Inspectors said they also confirmed that the Liporase found at the spa had not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. A call to the spa wasn't returned on Wednesday. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX But Patty Cantrell, a registered nurse who co-owns the spa, said she'd gotten the drug from a dentist in the Bay Area of California, the report said. 'RN Cantrell was not willing to share the name of the dentist or the specific location from which she ordered/he shipped from,' the report said. 'She said she knew him from high school and considered him a friend.' Cantrell later told inspectors that she had been getting Botox through Allergan, an AbbVie company. But then late last year, she started getting it from the California dentist for about half the price, the report said. Cantrell also said that she had purchased the Liporase off of Facebook for cash, and that she didn't have documentation for the purchases. Then she seemed to allow that only some of the drugs her business was giving patients would pass muster with the pharmacy board. 'She asked that 'if' the Xeomin was found to be real, could she get the money back,' the report said. 'She stated the product taken was worth $1,000.00 and she did not want to lose the money. She was able to produce invoices for the Xeomin.' The report alleged numerous other violations. They included distributing dangerous drugs at the Franklin spa even though it wasn't registered with the Board of Pharmacy, improper storage and record keeping, and having expired and adulterated drugs. In ordering the spa to surrender its license, the pharmacy board cited dozens of potential violations of the law and board rules, each of which carry possible fines and criminal penalties. SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
Yahoo
11-02-2025
- Business
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Farm to Fork Summit scheduled for March 7 in Nevada
The seventh annual Farm to Fork Summit will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, March 7, at the Nevada Community Center, 200 N. Ash St. General admission is $45 online and $50 at the door. Farmers with 10 or fewer years of experience can email info@ for a discount code. This annual gathering of Midwest farmers, buyers and supporters will focus on how to supply the demand for local food from Northwest Arkansas to Kansas City. These supporters include local health officials and school workers. Patty Cantrell, the food system network builder with event organizer New Growth, said the summit will host people from across Missouri and eastern Kansas. 'It's all about building the businesses and the connections needed to make sure we can get local food for local markets,' Cantrell said. 'It's for the whole chain of businesses involved with local food, from the farmer through the people offering storage and distribution, all the way to the buyer. We're trying to help connect them and help them into the marketplace as well.' Session topics will include: • Marketing meat direct to consumers. • Missouri food code and cottage food laws. • Artificial intelligence for small businesses. • Selling through regional food hubs. • Preparing for a farmers market. • Building healthy pastures. There also will be a mushroom cultivation demonstration, Cantrell said. A highlight will be a locally sourced lunch catered by the Osceola High School FFA included with ticket purchase. Cantrell said it's important to support local farmers and producers, who are are producing some of the highest-quality products out there. 'Having those businesses going and growing in our region is important for having those options in the market, not just at farmers markets but at grocery stores and schools,' Cantrell said. 'Having those products is important on one level for health, for people to have those options for really healthy foods, but also in our local economies to make sure those small businesses are in business and part of our communities.' New Growth is a nonprofit organization working in rural Missouri and nearby communities to build small businesses, Cantrell said. For more information on tickets, exhibitor space or to be a sponsor, go to
