A sports doctor at the center of drug investigations in Canada and the United States said Monday he treated Alex Rodriguez after the Yankees slugger had hip surgery last year and prescribed anti-inflammatories but not human growth hormone. Dr. Anthony Galea also told The Associated Press an assistant who was stopped at the US-Canadian border in Buffalo, New York, last year was carrying only a minuscule amount of HGH - which Galea said was for his own use. The doctor reiterated that he has never given the drug to an athlete. “I only brought enough for her to do two injections into me because I was away for two nights,” said Galea, who believes authorities and the media have exaggerated the accusations involving him and his practice. “They made it look like I had 100 vials. I had one little vial and two doses were for me and you think that someone along the line would ask, “'Well, how much is there?”' Rodriguez and other high-profile baseball players including Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran have been contacted by US federal investigators regarding Galea. Reyes and Beltran each say they did not receive HGH from Galea. Rodriguez said last week he was “aware” of the investigation and plans to cooperate with the government. He declined comment again when asked about Galea after he left New York's spring training game Monday against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Galea said he helped with Rodriguez's rehabilitation from hip surgery last March. A former doctor for the Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts, Galea is known for using a blood-spinning technique - called platelet-rich plasma therapy - designed to speed recovery from injuries. Among the athletes he has treated are golfer Tiger Woods, swimmer Dara Torres and several NFL players. He is facing four charges in Canada related to the drug known as Actovegin, which is used as another healing technique.
