What HGH treatment should I receive?

[Polska]

Hi, I have done a blood test and the growth hormone result comes as <1 while the ref. range is ( 1-13 mU/L). This means that I have low growth hormone. I am 18 years old male and in terms of height, my siblings are quite significantly taller than me. Two of my siblings reach a height of around 179 cm while I am only about 170 cm. Is my relatively short stature may be caused by low level of growth hormone? And what treatment would you recommend best considering the safety and health issues?

[admin]

Dear Polska,

Thank you for visiting our forums. From what I understand your doctor did a growth hormone stimulation test. The HGH stimulation test measures the pituitary gland's ability to release HGH when stimulated.

Do you know whether you were given IV arginine, insulin, or L-dopa during the stimulation test?

Regards,

Lisa Wells, RN

[Polska]

Hi, thanks for your reply. What I did was only a blood test. I did not receive anything else as far as I concern. And I am now referred to an endocrinologist. Is this the correct procedure?

[admin]

That is strange, if your doctor ordered a random HGH blood test. If you just went in and had your blood drawn and they checked your HGH level that way it won't be accurate.

The reason is because once released by the pituitary gland HGH is only in the bloodstream for a couple of minutes. It is quickly taken in by the liver and converted into growth factors. So the HGH is not in the bloodstream long enough for any random blood test to be accurate, unless just by chance they happened to draw your blood just a couple of minutes after your pituitary gland had released HGH, and since it releases HGH in short spurts only several times throughout the day that is unlikely.

In order to get an accurate HGH blood reading the doctor has to either inject arginine or insulin via IV in order to try to stimulate your pituitary gland to release HGH. Then they have to draw the blood promptly and this process continues several times over a period of time.

The only random blood test that can be used to measure HGH in the body is called an IGF-1 blood test, but from what you said your results were I don't think they did that test.

Anyway, the reason I asked is because if you were given arginine during the HGH stimulation test and your results were still low then you would probably not want to choose any of the so-called HGH pill products, since arginine is usually their main ingredient, and they may also contain other amino acids and herbs.

Our products are homeopathic sprays that contain human growth hormone in homeopathic form. Besides containing homeopathic HGH our HGH Plus IGF-1 & IGF-2 product also contains IGF-1 and several other growth factors including a bone growth factor from the source velvet deer antler. Our product should also help the pituitary gland to increase its own release of HGH if needed.

When you see the endocrinologist he will probably do an appropriate HGH test. If the results are significantly low he may recommend the injections, but if the results are within normal range, even at the low end of normal, he will probably not prescribe the injections, since they may cause side effects and problems such as shutting down your own production of HGH.

If he does not think you need the injections I think our product would be a very good and safe alternative.

We have many other young men and women who take our product because they want to get the most growth out of the time they have left in their growth and development stage.

Please see our sub-forum called "HGH and Increasing Height". Here is the link:

http://forum.hgh-pro.com/forumdisplay.php?f=21


The threads should answer your questions regarding someone in your age group increasing height, but if not please let me know.

I hope this helps.

Lisa Wells, RN

[Polska]

Thanks again for the reply, I've gone to endocrinologist this time. And it turned out that he asked me to take another blood test again. But this time, I should jog around first for 15 minutes before the test. to stimulate the production of HGH. Is this also an accurate way of testing growth hormone? And may I know whether your products have any side effects? If I take the products at my age, would I still have a good chance to gain height?

[admin]

Hi Polska,

Wow, he had you jog around for 15 minutes and then sent you to have your blood drawn to check your growth hormone level?

Different doctors have different ways of doing things so I will just say that he probably doesn't want to do an actual HGH stimulation test with insulin, arginine, GHRH or clonidine because some doctors, including many anti-aging doctors, do not consider these tests to be accurate, and more importantly these HGH stimulation tests are very risky.

There have been reports of serious side effects including death after growth hormone stimulation tests and so unless he has a good reason to suspect growth hormone deficiency he probably doesn't want to do them, and I don't blame him.

Of course I do not know your doctor so I cannot know for sure what his position is.

As previously stated we in anti-aging medicine consider the IGF-1 level to be a much better indicator of growth hormone levels in the body, and the IGF-1 blood test can be done randomly without any stimulation needed. Another name for the IGF-1 test is "Somatomedin C".

If interested you will find the normal ranges of IGF-1 related to age at our main site at this url:

http://www.hgh-pro.com/igf-1.html

Concerning your question about increasing height, it will depend on whether your bones have fused. This can also be checked by your doctor.

Regarding any possible side effects when taking our product please see our main web site at this url for information about possible homeopathic effects.

http://www.hgh-pro.com/homeopathiceffects.htm

Best of luck,

Lisa Wells, RN