Created to help with development disorders, a drug called somatropin is being touted as the ultimate anti-aging treatment against its users.

Also sold under the name Genotropin, users of the drug claim it has a wide range of uses from reducing body fat and increasing muscle mass to completely erasing wrinkles.

However, the drug users are playing with fire. It is a dangerous drug which may be linked to joint and muscle pain, diabetes and even cancer.

Atropine is a synthetic version of a hormone that occurs naturally in the body, which diminishes as we get older.

Affluent women in Hollywood have started illegally procuring the drug over the Internet or via unscrupulous doctors, believing that injecting the synthetic hormones will top up their natural levels and ward fo the ageing process. It is thought that there are a large number of actresses and celebrities using the drug, after Courtney Love’s hotel room was found with a vial of the substance.