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BECAUSE OF THIS WEATHER. NEW TONIGHT A PITTSBURGH AREA WELLNESS COUNSELOR IS FACING FEDERAL CHARGES, ACCUSED OF SUPPLYING CUSTOMERS WITH ANIMAL MEDICATION FOR WEIGHT LOSS. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CLAIMS NICOLE MILLAN, WHO IS NOT A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL, ADMINISTERED THE DRUGS TO UNKNOWING PATIENTS AT HER WEIGHT LOSS CLINIC. REPORTER FELICITY TAYLOR JOINS US LIVE NOW IN FELICITY. YOU HAVE BEEN PORING OVER THESE CHARGING DOCUMENTS. TELL US HOW THIS HAPPENED. WELL, KRISTIN, NOW, THE U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SAYS MULTIPLE WEIGHT LOSS PATIENTS IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA COULD HAVE BEEN UNKNOWINGLY TAKING DRUGS MEANT FOR COWS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. AUTHORITIES SAY THE PERSON PRESCRIBING THOSE DRUGS WAS NICOLE MILLAN, WHO THEY SAY IS NOT A LICENSED MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL. THEY SAY MILLAN OPERATED TWO WEIGHT LOSS CLINICS IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA. THOSE WERE RENEW MEDICAL AND WEIGHT LOSS AND CHOICE RESTORATIVE MEDICINE. BETWEEN FEBRUARY OF 2022 AND MAY OF 2023. THEY SAY MILLAN ALLEGEDLY PRESCRIBED HER PATIENTS THE DRUG CORIOLAN, WHICH IS USED TO TREAT CYSTIC OVARIES AND COWS. IT IS NOT APPROVED FOR HUMAN USE. WELL, IT DOES CONTAIN THE SAME ACTIVE INGREDIENT AS SOME DRUGS THAT ARE APPROVED. APPROVED FOR HUMAN USE, THEY SAY. SHE TOLD HER PATIENTS THAT’S WHAT THEY WERE TAKING. MILLAN AND HER EMPLOYEES ALLEGEDLY ORDERED THE DRUG FROM A RETAILER IN ILLINOIS. THEY SAY THEY THEN MIXED IT WITH A DILUTANT, PUT IT IN UNLABELED SYRINGES, AND GAVE THOSE SYRINGES TO THEIR CUSTOMERS. INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOT SAID HOW MANY PEOPLE MAY HAVE BEEN IMPACTED, OR IF CORIOLAN CAUSED ANY MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS. COURT RECORDS DO INDICATE THAT MILLAN WILL WAIVE ARRAIGNMENT AND PLEAD GUILTY TO CAUSING A DRUG TO BE MISBRANDED AFTER SHIPMENT ON NOVEMBER 18T