A doctor who ran a ‘hormone optimisation clinic’ at the gym he trained at has been banned for prescribing peptides, steroids and growth hormones to competitive bodybuilders. 

The doctor inappropriately prescribed the medications to people he befriended on Facebook before offering to act as their bodybuilding mentor, according to the SA Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

When caught out, he falsely told the Medical Board of Australia he leased rooms at another address where he treated patients suffering issues such as fatigue and weight loss, the tribunal heard.

The board deregistered the doctor for four years over his inappropriate prescribing which took place between 2013 and 2016.