No matter how many times this column warns people about non-prescription,
over the counter growth hormone supplements it just doesn’t seem to
register with some people.
Every week a new e-mail comes in asking, “But what about this one
Roger?”
NONE OF THEM WORK!!! You have to buy real prescription recombinant
human growth hormone (rhGH) and inject it or use it in DMSO. ALL THE ADS
YOU SEE ARE FRAUDS!!! All of them. None of these over the counter products
have any value whatsoever no matter how well written they are. Homeopathic
GH is the biggest joke.
Fortunately the Chinese have finally been able to make inexpensive
growth hormone. You can now get Jintropin for about $125 a month or
Fitropin (Kexing) for about $100 a month for 10 mg/30 IU. You basically
need 1 IU a day which is 0.33 mg. Fitropin is a192 amino acid strand
rather than the true 191 amino acid linkage however. You do not have to
inject this and can use these in DMSO on thin skin (like your inner wrist
or neck). You may be able to use GH in ethanol solution under your tongue.
The ideal way is to dissolve it in DMSO and use it sublingually daily
under your tongue. This will doubly guarantee absorption. If you have ever
tried air injector pens you probably came up with skin infections.
The most promising growth hormone secretagogue in the world was the
hexapeptide (six amino acids) hexarelin, but it was never sold. After more
than a decade of human use, including children and old people, the
researchers finally admitted it was a failure. Hexarelin did raise GH, but
also dangerous raised prolactin levels.
Can you afford $1,200 a year for growth hormone? Have you balanced your
DHEA, testosterone, pregnenolone, melatonin, progesterone (yes, men need
progesterone, too), T3 and T4? Ladies, have you balanced your estradiol,
estrone and estriol? You must test and balance ALL your hormones as they
work together in concert as a team. Using expensive growth hormone or any
other hormone by itself is very ineffective. Just because GH is expensive
does not mean it is a Magic Hormone with dramatic benefits. You will
probably get significant benefits if you are over the age of 40. The
published international clinical studies on GH (somatatropin) are
overwhelming. The problem has always been 1) EXPENSE, and 2) injections.
Doctors and pharmacists cannot legally give you a DMSO solution of any
drug or hormone. As usual, the government is there to “help” you since you
and the doctor are too stupid to know what you want and need bureaucratic
assistance. You are also not going to get much benefit if you don’t EAT
WELL! Diet is everything, and you have to eat whole healthy foods. A whole
grain based diet is the healthiest way to eat. Please read my book Zen
Macrobiotics for Americans. Before you spend $1,200 or more (Jintropin
will run you at least $1,500) there are about 15 proven natural
supplements you should be taking as well.
How do you test your levels? Currently there are no saliva tests
available and you have to see a doctor to get a morning, fasting blood
draw. This one time test is not a very reliable indicator of your daily GH
status though. Some people have surprisingly high levels as they age.
Younger people can oversecrete this pituitary hormone and get horrible
conditions like agromely, where your hands, feet and face are too large.
Testing GH is very difficult outside of a clinical setting unfortunately.
Also, GH levels literally go up ten times about an hour after you go to
sleep.
Getting a single blood test does have some worth but you don’t need to
do this. Getting four bloods tests in a 24 hour period at a clinic is
expensive and inconvenient. IGF-1 levels can be tested with saliva, but
IGF-1 levels do NOT accurately indicate your growth hormone level. Anyone
who says they do doesn’t know what they’re talking about. Unlike all the
other hormones you basically have to go by RESULTS here. If you use 1 IU
daily and increase lean muscle mass, lower body fat (buy one of those $40
electronic Tanita body fat scales), lower your cholesterol, improve your
LDL/HDL cholesterol ratio, strengthen your immunity, shorten your healing
time, have more energy, enjoy more feelings of well being, get better
exercise performance, stronger bones, better blood flow and circulation,
and other such improvements you’ll know GH is working for you.
You do not have to get extorted by a medical doctor to get GH. I
haven’t seen Jintropin or Fitropin in chain drug stores or even
compounding pharmacies anyway. You can import this or any other medication
legally for your own personal use on the Internet inexpensively. Just do a
search until you find someone who sounds reliable with a good price. You
can do the same with thyroid hormones, testosterone, and estriol.
You can see by this chart that GH peaks as our teenage years end and
falls very severely for the rest of our lives. By the time we are 40 three
quarters of our GH is gone.
If you are eating well, have balanced your other hormones, are taking
all the proven supplements, get regular exercise and have at least $1,200
a year to spend on this then go for it.