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As a result of the increased business interest, finding reliable, clinically established knowledge of the administration, effects, risks, benefits, availability, and cost of GH is now a daunting task. In order to find reliable medical information, one must separate the real knowledge from the profit-motivated hype (see pseudoscience).
Therapeutic administration of Human Growth Hormone and other supplements MAY provide health advantages, but there will always be money to be made in exaggerating such advantages. The incidence of HGH quackery will probably continue until such time that reliable knowledge of the use of GH becomes widespread in the consumer marketplace.
To aid the consumer in recognizing quackery from scientific and medical fact, consumers should look for publications on HGH to include mention of some of the following health risks healthy seniors may experience when taking HGH:
And in other users, increases in muscle mass have not been accompanied by increases in muscle strenghth.
Important Note Chronic use of hGH is not well studied, except in children who took it for growth deficiencies. A long term increase in colon cancer and Hodgkin's Disease has been observed.
Reliable, medical Internet sites can be an easy way to determine what is true from what is not.
Some reputable sites for more information include