CJD, Anabolic Steroids-Questions On Notice asked to the Federal Health Minister

Will all unofficial patients who were treated with diagnostic infusions' of hGH during GH stimulation tests be notified of this new risk

Can the Minister explain why this patient was written to by both the department and his treating endocrinologist stating that he was never treated with pituitary-derived hormones, when this now proves to be incorrect.

Is the Minister aware that the Report of the Inquiry into the use of Pituitary Derived Hormones in Australia and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, released in June 1994, only implicated the Commonwealth Serum Laboratory (CSL) and not batches supplied through biomedical departments.

In relation to the treatment of familial short stature of children with growth hormones, why has the Government not sought a detailed scientific study of the use of growth hormones on this group before approving their use.