The Last Run: A Counterfeit Story

It turns out I injected hCG—a hormone women make when they are pregnant. It was another three months until a second batch of counterfeit, my unexplained second pile, was acknowledged and identified. It most likely was produced somewhere overseas.

In my case, the counterfeit growth hormone was handled by a number of companies, including a company licensed to distribute pharmaceuticals in the state of Florida and run by the Walkers, a couple known as William and Elenore Walker who ran drug wholesaling businesses under various names. The company they were operating at the time was called Rekcus—“sucker” spelled backward.