U.S. Attorney: Pittsburgh ‘Wellness’ Clinic Operator Gave Patients Animal Drug for Weight Loss

Federal authorities in Pennsylvania have charged a wellness counselor with fraudulently branding a medication formulated for cattle and horses and giving it to her patients for weight loss.

The U.S Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania brought the case this week against Nicole Millen, who operated Renu Medical and Weight Loss and Choice Restorative Medicine, both in Pittsburgh — also alleging she was not a licensed medical professional, multiple area news outlet reported.

Millen allegedly was giving her patients a drug called Chorulon, which veterinarians primarily use to treat cystic ovaries in cows…

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