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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Scott Township, PA) A wellness counselor from the Pittsburgh area was recently charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office with mislabeling medication meant for cows and giving it to her weight-loss patients. Authorities confirm that the woman who was charged, Nicole Millen, who is not a licensed medical professional, operated two weight loss clinics in the area of Pittsburgh: Renu Medical and Weight Loss and Choice Restorative Medicine. Court documents allege that between February of 2022 and May of 2023, Millen prescribed her patients the drug Chorulon, which is used to treat cystic ovaries in cows and is not approved to be used by humans. Millen and her employees allegedly ordered Chorulon from an Illinois retailer, mixed it with a dilutant, put it in unlabeled syringes, and gave it to customers. Investigators state that Millen told her patients that Chorulon contains the same active ingredient as some drugs that are approved for human use and she told them that is what they were taking. Investigators have not stated how many people may been impacted by Chorulon or if it caused any medical complications. An indication from court records indicate that Millen will waive arraignment and plead guilty to “causing a drug to be misbranded after shipment” on November 18th, 2025.