Growth hormone replacement therapy carries risks, including the potential for excessive growth of all tissues if levels are too high. — Whalespan
Growth hormone replacement therapy carries risks, including the potential for excessive growth of all tissues if levels are too high.
⚠ High risk
We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“Here's one of the major problems with injecting growth hormone not saying people shouldn't do this if the doctor has approved it or it's um in keeping with their particular life goals but growth hormone if it's in levels that are too high will cause growth of all tissues so not just muscle not just reduction of in body fat by metabolizing um you know by allowing uh fatty acids to be pulled out of storage and used for ATP but it will also cause increase in growth of the heart and the lungs and the liver and the spleen and so this is the concern with abuse of growth hormone”