Human Growth Hormone Replacement

Human Growth Hormone, HGH is safe and effective but has been portrayed is bad because of the use in sports by athletes that it use for physical advantages of building muscle and bone.  HGH is the body’s repair hormone which is secreted by the pituitary gland while you sleep. HGH helps repair all the cells of the human body, it is truly the best anti-aging drug, but should only be prescribed by an experienced, board certified anti-aging medicine physician.  Dr Rudman’s study of sixty year olds in the early nineties proved HGH effects which included fat loss, muscle gain, feeling better, thicker skin without side effects.  Patients in the study didn’t know what was being studied, some received HGH and others placebo shots, fat loss of greater than 10% and muscle gain of nearly 9% were found, all without dieting! Reports of feeling a lot better over all was reported by the sixty year old group taking HGH. Athletes are young and don’t need growth hormone because their level are normal. As we age are growth hormone level fall and symptoms of muscle aches and joint stiffness are more common, and signs of old age appear like fat stomachs and less muscle mass. Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency, AGHD is a condition diagnosed by the board certified anti-aging physician by symptoms and laboratory testing.  Unfortunately insurance companies won’t pay for the expensive HGH therapy, leaving the over a thousand dollar per month price tag out of reach for most people. There once was a generic growth hormone but the FDA pulled it from the shelves of compounding pharmacies and anti-aging physicians, probably from pressure from the other four companies manufacturing and selling their expensive, non-generic forms of growth hormone.  HGH therapy can increase growth hormone levels very effectively, but diet, supplements, exercise, good sleep, bioidentical replacement therapy, and testosterone replacement can increase your growth hormone levels and lessen the symptoms of Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency.

Physical signs of growth hormone deficiency are droopy eyes, saggy cheeks, thin lips, thin muscles, thin skin, anxiety, depression, poor recovery after work outs, lack of sexual interest, and the feeling of rapid physical aging.

Compared to most prescription drugs the safety of growth hormone is very good. Signs of too much growth hormone are edema of the feet and hands with carpal tunnel symptoms of numbness of the fingers.  Some people think GH replacement may cause a proliferation of cancer cells, this generally not true. Patients with acromegaly, excessive growth hormone levels actually have a decrease incidence of cancer. This decrease in cancer is thought to be from growth hormone’s ability to stimulate the immune system to fight cancer.

In my experience the worst the symptoms of muscle weakness, muscle aches, joint stiffness, chronic pain and fatigue the better chance of improvement on growth hormone replacement therapy. I’ve had several patients that have failed with pain specialists, physical therapy and a variety of prescription drugs have their pain and fatigue completely cured with HGH.  If I were in an accident and had multiple trauma injuries I would like my growth hormone levels to be that of a 15 year old not that of a 51 year old which I am.

Lastly, I strongly believe many older athletes use growth hormone to recover from injuries and orthopedic surgeries because it works and is safe if prescribed by a board certified anti-aging doctor.