Nurse gets prison time for helping inject fake Botox

PORTLAND, Ore. - A nurse who helped inject hundreds of patients with an illegal animal toxin instead of Botox was sentenced to one year in prison on Monday.
Cathryn Garcia was an assistant to Dr. Jerome Lentini, who ran two 'A Younger You' clinics, one in Tigard and another in Salem.
Garcia admitted she and Dr. Lentini lied to patients about their treatment, using a form of Botox that is not approved for humans.
The unapproved botulinum toxin is cheaper than the FDA-approved Botox, which is a registered trademark and the only type of botulinum toxin approved for wrinkle-smoothing treatment on humans.


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I found it interesting that during the period in which the MD ordered over 41,000 units of "substitute" Botox, he also ordered 300 units of real Botox.

Wonder how he and this nurse made the decisions regarding which clients got the "fake" Botox and who got the real stuff?

This was probably an attempt to look legitimate and/or have vials of the real deal on hand in case anyone questioned them.

It's just boggling that people think they can get away with criminal behavior. I agree with the other posters that 1 year is light punishment.