Human Growth Hormone

Human Growth Hormone FDA

Human growth hormone is a hormone which is manufactured and secreted by the pituitary gland. Levels of human growth hormone decline as we age. The decreased human growth hormone level sometimes causes problems related health including impaired growth. When human growth hormone first became accepted as a medical treatment back in the 1950's, doctors obtained the hormone from human cadavers until it was quickly discovered that many batches of human growth hormone were contaminated with agents that were responsible for causing Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

A synthetic human growth hormone in the form of injection was created and has been available by prescription in the U.S since 1985. The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has approved injected human growth hormone to treat the following conditions:

Human growth hormone deficiency

Turner's syndrome

Chronic renal insufficiency

Intrauterine growth retardation

Prader-Willi syndrome

Continued height deficit at puberty

Cachexia

There is no other medical usage of human growth hormone that has received FDA approval. Nevertheless, many companies are interested in using human growth hormone as a treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and obesityas well as an athletic performance enhancer and as a treatment for certain anti aging therapies. As mentioned, the FDA has not approved human growth hormone for these purposes and is not likely to approve it until many clinical studies have been performed.

As stated above there are only a few companies approved by the FDA to manufacture human growth hormone. Because of the patent parameters, manufacturing of human growth hormone is complex and extremely expensive. Any claim that a product contains human growth hormone would, by federal law, require its production be verified, overseen, and approved by the FDA to meet its standards for quality and content.

To actually sell human growth hormone without a prescription or as a dietary supplement is illegal. Act prohibits the distribution or possession with the intention of distributing human growth hormone without a medical condition that requires treatment. If someone does distribute or possess it illegally, he or she may face imprisonment and a fine

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