Is Tiger Woods suspected of using performance enhancing drugs?”
Tiger Woods’ Canadian Doctor Linked to Illegal Performance Enhancing Drugs As if Tiger Woods needed any more bad publicity, his Canadian doctor is now under criminal investigation for drug violations in both Canada and the U.S. Dr. Tony Galea was arrested in October, and his Toronto clinic was raided by Canadian authorities after he was detained at the U.S. border and found to be in possession of illegal drugs, including human growth hormone (hGH) and Actovegin, a drug extracted from calf’s blood that is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency. Earlier this year, Galea was under scrutinty for a controversial treatment he performed on Woods. He flew to Woods’ Windermere, Florida home at the request of his agents to treat him with his platelet-rich plasma injection therapy, a procedure also known as “blood spinning.” The process involves spinning blood in a centrifuge and reinjecting it into injured joints in the hopes of accelerating healing. According to a spokesman for the Royal Canadi
A Canadian doctor who has treated golfer Tiger Woods, swimmer Dara Torres and NFL players is suspected of providing athletes with performance-enhancing drugs, according to a newspaper report. The New York Times reported on its Web site Monday night that Dr. Anthony Galea was found with human growth hormone and Actovegin, a drug extracted from calf’s blood, in his bag at the U.S.-Canada border in late September. He was arrested Oct. 15 in Toronto by Canadian police. Using, selling or importing Actovegin is illegal in the United States. The FBI has opened an investigation based in part on medical records found on Galea’s computer relating to several professional athletes, people briefed on the inquiry told the Times on condition of anonymity because they did not want to be identified discussing a continuing investigation. The anonymous sources did not disclose the names of the athletes, and Galea told the newspaper “it would be impossible” for investigators to have found material linking
