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From Paul Byrd and Rick Ankiel to the upcoming Mitchell Report, accusations of HGH are flying around baseball. But Human Growth Hormone use is also on the rise outside of sports; plenty of people looking to get bigger are injecting themselves. So, let’s say you want to bulk up, get taller, increase your focus or just feel younger. You’ve bought some HGH on the Internet or from a pharmacy (hint: stay away from BALCO). But, could it be fake? Here are some signs your HGH might be phony.
Your joints don’t hurt
With all those new hormones being injected, you can’t expect your body to just sit idly by. Among the side effects of HGH are joint pain, fluid retention and nerve pinching. There can also be unusual bone growth, potentially in the face. It’s been linked to cancer, both in mice and humans, but a definitive tie hasn’t been established.
You’re not using a needle
Lots of sites, like this one, say they have HGH in oral or nasal form, either through a spray, tongue drop or pill. Trouble is, they’re all bogus. There’s no evidence that HGH can be received through any receptor not in the bloodstream. Not only that, the fragile molecules will break apart if diluted in a spray or pill. Some testify that using the spray makes them elated and more energetic, but that’s something else talking, not the HGH.
It was approved by the FDA and you don’t have Turner syndrome
Any distributor can just say they’ve got FDA-approved HGH. But it’s only true under a few conditions: you’re a child with a growth defect, you have Turner syndrome, you have adult short bowel syndrome, you have a pituitary tumor or your muscles are deteriorating from AIDS. For a while, the FDA had only authorized HGH use for children, but in recent years they’ve expanded the allowances for adults with other conditions. Any other use of HGH is illegal, which is why all those sports stars are acting like kids trying to get out of high school gym and scrambling for a doctor’s note (Paul Byrd, for example, is using a pituitary tumor as his excuse).
It’s not putting you in debt
For HGH injections to work, you need to inject two or three times a day. Individual injections can cost as high as $25 each, which means just a week of injections can cost an arm and a leg (but don’t worry, the rest of you will grow strong enough to make up for the missing limbs). The full bill can run around $2,000 a month. HGH scams will promise the same results for a much lower cost – some advertise as low as $35 a month.
You didn’t get it out of Sylvester Stallone’s suitcase
Okay, this one isn’t all that helpful. Odds are you didn’t go rummaging through Sly’s bag for your growth hormone. But if you had, you wouldn’t have been disappointed, at least earlier this year. The “Rocky” star was caught importing 48 vials of HGH into Australia that month and pleaded guilty to the charges in May. He was first caught with the hormone during a routine airport check. Then three days later, customs officials caught him throwing four vials of growth testosterone from his hotel room when they came for a search. He apologized for being “ignorant to [the] official rules” and setting a bad example for the public, a fear ABC News was more than happy to explore. Sly’s not the only celebrity who’s been caught with HGH; there were traces of the hormone detected in Anna Nicole Smith’s body during her autopsy.
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Jason,
Please forgive me for challenging you but are you going on what you skim and surface read when you make these statements and then accept them as truth? It sure seems like it to me.
The reason I say this is if you did your research perhaps you would not say some of these things. That’s all.
First of all, HGH will not make you bulk up other that edema (water weight) if you have taken too much. Other than an endogenous increase in testosterone from the cascade effect, HGH is not anabolic in nature. By taking it you can increase stamina which in turn will allow your workouts to be more intense and then you can bulk up.
The Rudman studies were flawed Jason. That was not muscle mass; it was water weight from a massive overdose.
BTW, unusual bone growth will only happen if you are an idiot that thinks much, much more is better which of course is not. Not even a little bit more is better. In fact the current prescribed levels are still an overdose and cause a refractory shutdown process. If you are to take HGH, you want to emulate nature by low dose, high frequency, not visa versa. Is this actually news to anyone?
I trust you know the pituitary out pulses HGH in nanogram quantities, frequently.
Then you say regarding oral forms as “Trouble is, they’re all bogus.” Did you say “ALL ARE BOGUS?”
OK, would you be willing to make a public bet with me for all that you own in exchange for all that I own (to match your asset base) on that statement right here, right now that “Trouble is, they’re all bogus.”?
If you are I will be happy to make that bet with you Jason. Before you do that however, take a look at a list of what is bogus antiagingresearch.c0m/faq_igf.shtml and that includes homeopathics, especially in alcohol which fractures any possible HGH molecule. Also, pills, fizzles and such are bogus too because they all claim to raise HGH by checking IGF, which is bogus and reckless. Pancakes, Grape Soda and M&M’s raise IGF too. Gee maybe Mrs. Butterworth should put “increases HGH” on her bottle too.
There is a clinically proven technology based on molecular folding, Jason and the people that invented it are right here antiagingresearch.c0m/molecular_folding.shtml. I am one of those people Jason.
Also, HGH does not increase cancer at reasonable doses. High IGF without corresponding HGH does cause cancer. We warned the medical community about that in the 1990’s. Many listened too late and paid some very high health prices by taking straight IGF or loading up on IGF agonists. Perhaps one anecdotal source of evidence about HGH and cancer is that maybe this is why so few teenagers with roaring fire hoses of HGH don’t drop like flies from melanoma, et al.
Lastly, Rocky seems to be overdosing with HGH and testosterone. He might be OK but he can never stop. He is probably turning his pituitary and gonads into metaphoric BB’s right now. He is now an HGH junkie. However a guy like him does not have to stop and I assume he is done breeding.
Personally, I would take one of those vials of HGH (5mg) and then I would use one vial, I repeat, one for 2 months, taken twice daily. That way I would be safely compensating for age related decline. Maybe I do not look like Rambo (I think he is rather homely anyway), but myself and thousands of others have been micro-dosing HGH for 12 years now and it shows. I turn 50 this year and along with jet black hair, almost flawless skin and a metabolic age of a 36 year old and a raging, Viagra free pup tent every morning, I am evidence that long term micro-dosing (emulating nature, low dose, high frequency) works. antiagingresearch.c0m/oral-hgh-works.shtml
Jason, just out of curiosity what is your background? Are you an endo or microbiologist? What background in science do you have that insures what you say here is not based on here say, but factual and truthful research?
Still thinking about that bet? FYI, I don’t normally gamble but I will take you up on this bet. You may want to look at the proof first however antiagingresearch.c0m.
Robert Bohen
posted by Robert Bohen on 5-30-2008 at 1:51 pm
Robert – good response. Jason’s article is nothing but a rehash of the same old junk being thrown around by know-nothings all over the Internet.
posted by Kalyson on 1-23-2009 at 5:09 am
Jason I agree with your information there are side effects and phony tales around the net and outside about hgh hype. I did not turn on the CIA authors books or a researcher to well suggest about hgh scams but people who are reporting their concern ” pour $$$ on hgh and see youth fountain in days” worth ? are not doing a fake talk either. scientifically there is no proof that hgh consumed person will have longevity and better healthy life always unless he sticks to healthy diets and exercise. Its pointless to bet over you like Robert or others for the best information you shared here about hgh injection and scams. I will look forward for more useful information from you again. sorry Robert always there are pro and cons in every new invention one should not bet for such cause unless the whole truth is revealed.
posted by hhhwcent on 6-15-2009 at 9:57 pm
Jason Thanks for sharing useful information. I can assume if pour more $$$ will turn one to fountain of youth then gym, aerobic, health diets are of no use only hgh matters and everyone should thank Robert that when he bet you(Jason) he will demonstrate well in action i guess.
posted by hhhwcent on 6-15-2009 at 10:10 pm
About the risk of cancer from HGH no one really knows; but it is suspected that in the presence of hgh small tumors that might have needed couple of years to grow could start to grow at a faster rate. That is why it is very important to make sure that a person is cancer free before starting hgh injections.
posted by Tim on 7-21-2009 at 11:08 pm
Hi Guys,
It’s Obvious you have not got to old age yet. When you wake up every morning with aches and pains that you know are not going away.The doctors say it’s just old age . Who wants to live like that. It is not quality of life. All these young experts have the answers that’s because they are not old and don’t feel old age hve no idea. Put them in my shoes for a week and see the change in attitude. They just don’t get it. Give me the growth hormones and let me live a wonderfull life free of stagering out of bed in the morning sore knees joints etc and the massive cost to the health system. Hey guess what if i die tommorow I’ll die happy having lived life to the full up to the end.
Lindon
posted by John on 8-20-2009 at 7:58 am