Growth Hormone (HGH) has attracted increasing interest and use by amateur and professional bodybuilders, as well as professional athletes to increase performance and muscle growth. GH is used by many bodybuilders or athletes whose performance has plateaued - even with the use of anabolic steroids. It is also reputed to promote fat loss.
General HGH Information
HGH is also a favoured drug of many professional athletes and Olympic athletes, due to the fact that, as of 2005, there is no conclusive test to determine the presence of exogenous GH. Dosages for sport-related performance enhancement can be as low as 2IU/day, all the way up to 10IU/day taken by some professional bodybuilders.
Relatively few side effects are seen at doses of <4IU/day, but doses of 8+IU/day have been known to have permanent side-effects. Bodybuilders have also used insulin in combination with HGH to achieve further muscle size, density, vascularity, and the appearance of paper-thin skin sucked tightly to the muscle. The recreational use of insulin for aesthetic reasons is very dangerous and can lead to very serious health risks, including diabetes and permanent insulin resistance.
Unlike anabolic steroids which must be cycled on and off to avoid permanently suppressing the body's hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis (HPGA), GH does not suppress the HPGA and - in that respect, can be used without a break, for as long as desired. In fact, substantial results are usually only seen after continuous use of at least two months. Usually the illegal use of GH depends how long said individual can afford to stay on for, as GH is very expensive, costing typically at least $500USD/month, but can cost (dependent on dosage and black-market cost) up to $4000USD/month. GH is also stacked with anabolic steroids, especially potent androgens, like testosterone to work in synergy.
The use of the acronyms "HGH" or "hGH" (human growth hormone) in products sold over the internet is associated with misleading intentions.
Warnings: Black-Market HGH
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For those seeking HGH (Human Growth Hormone) therapy without a prescription from licensed physicians must be aware that there are several fake HGH manufacturers floating around the web. Most of these illegal manufacturers actually use a synthesized hormone called HCG (Human chorionic gonadotropin) and repackage this substance for sale as actual HGH (rDNA), and since testing of the HGH (rDNA) compound is a very expensive process, the illegal manufacturers know that most, if not all, of their customers wouldn’t even attempt to test them. A simple home pregnancy test can verify whether your black market hgh is really hgh or hcg. Hcg is present in a pregnant woman's urine, so by simply pouring some of the reconsititued suspect hgh onto the home pregnancy test, you can determine whether or not you have the real thing. If the test is positive you have hcg, if the test is negative the chances are great that you have purchased authentic hgh.
HCG (Human chorionic gonadotropin) powder is visually identical to HGH (rDNA) lyophilic powder, and must be reconstituted the same way using bacteriostatic or sterile water. If overused, HCG can be a very dangerous substance. About 42% of North American black market HGH confiscated are fakes. Saizen, Humatrope and Jintropin among others are the commonly illegally manufactured HGH medications.
The majority of fake HGH can be identified by colored top (mostly blue top) vials, with printed ink that can easily be wiped or scrapped off from the label with your finger. The text on the labels is usually in the Spanish language as some generics are shipped from Mexico. Another way to test your vial is to rigorously shake it after reconstitution with bacteriostatic water. The real manufacturers of HGH (rDNA) such as Merck-EMD Serono & Eli Lilly, strongly state in their information pamphlets, that their reconstituted vials can easily become cloudy if shaken too rigorously. The reason being is that HGH is a protein, therefore Serono and Eli Lilly vigorously warn against injecting if the substance becomes cloudy. So if your vial does not become cloudy and stays transparent after a violent shake, then you know you’ve been scammed. Many have succumbed to this vast international scam and have claimed many unsuspecting customers. And these customers still, through a placebo effect have sworn by their new found well being and strength that their untested and recklessly purchased HGH investment works.
HGH Controversy
There are many controversies around the claims, products, and businesses related to the use of growth hormone as an anti-aging therapy. Most of this controversy falls into two categories:
Claims of exaggerated, misleading, or unfounded assertions that real growth hormone treatment slows or reverses the effects of aging.
The sale of products that fraudulently or misleadingly purport to be growth hormone or to increase the user's own secretion of natural human growth hormone to a beneficial degree.
Following a study in 1990 by Rudman which showed fat loss, muscle mass increase and maintenance of healthy skin from the administration of growth hormone in elderly men, there has been a burgeoning industry surrounding the sale and administration of GH and its purported anti-aging effects.
As is common with such therapies, the literature is now dominated by advocacy from pharmaceutical companies. Solid medical evidence is harder to find, and appears to indicate mixed results. It is likely that there is some advantage, but it is also evident that benefits are being exaggerated by some for commercial gain.
HGH Side Effects
Some of the HGH side effects reportedly seen in previously healthy mature patients after taking HGH include:
Edema (retention of fluids) in extremities
Arthralgia (joint pain)
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Hypertension
Diabetes and other glucose metabolism imbalances
Gynecomastia (enlargement of male mammary glands)
Enlargement of Testicles
Chronic use of HGH is not well studied, except when used in children for acute growth deficiencies. A long term increase in colon cancer and Hodgkin's Disease has been observed in these cases.
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