HGH, its not a sterroid, and has been given to children who had chemotherapy. The chemo affected their growth and development. Is there health risks in an older person, or are the risks consistant no matter the age. What are the risks?
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Human Growth hormone side effects
Although pharmaceutically made human growth hormone (a complicated hormone made by joining about 190 amino acids) has been shown in certain studies to have short term anti-aging potential, long term consequences are unclear. A major side effect of human growth hormone excess is a condition called acromegaly. There is no guarantee that real pharmaceutical human growth hormone extends life span. In fact, in some animal studies, reducing the release of growth hormone extends life span.
Additional side effects of human growth hormone are fluid retention and increased blood sugar. The human growth hormone side effect of fluid retention can lead to carpal tunnel syndrome and hypertension. Some people also have body and joint aches. Excessive sweating is another reported human growth hormone side effect.
A side effect of human growth hormone use in children is associated with a higher risk of cancer in later years.
Another potential human growth hormone side effect is an association of high insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1)-concentrations and increased risk of prostate, lung, colon and breast cancer as well as a possible decrease of insulin sensitivity. These potential human growth hormone side effects are of concern when it comes to the use of this hormone in an attempt to reverse a normal aging process. No data are available as to the right human growth hormone dose and the correct monitoring. Expectations of the society and the search for the fountain of youth should not motivate physicians to leave the firm ground of evidence based medicine and prescribe experimental therapies to healthy older persons, the least being the cost of such therapy which could run into thousands of dollars a year.
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Are there any negative effects from taking HGH injections?
Yes - but then you knew there had to be a catch, didn't you? There are actually a few problems with HGH injections:
Extremely Expensive
A year's supply of HGH injections can cost $ 20,000! Insurance will not cover the injections because you are not treating a "classified disease".
Available by prescription only
Recombinant GH is a drug that is available by prescription only. So, even if you had $ 20,000 a year to spend, you would need to get a prescription.
Possible Negative Side Effects
Anytime you introduce a large amount of a foreign hormone into the body there is the risk of side effects. In Dr. Rudman's study he found that some of the patients suffered from carpal tunnel syndrome and gynecomastia (enlarged breasts). Dr. Rudman believed that with less HGH the side effects would go away, but tragically he died before he could test his theory.
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