| How should we define human growth hormone | | | | same benefits can be realized with other training |
| abuse? A dictionary definition of abuse might be "to | | | | techniques, and that the larger muscles achieved |
| use wrongly," or "make incorrect use of." For the | | | | through HGH use are not necessarily stronger |
| ordinary person, drug abuse means using drugs for | | | | muscles. HGH use in sports training is another form of |
| some form of personal gratification - the drugs are | | | | HGH abuse, not only because this use is not |
| often illegal or at least illegally obtained, and the use | | | | approved, but because sports organizations include |
| to which they are put is something other than the | | | | the hormone in their list of banned substances. |
| standard use defined by the medical community. For | | | | Other potential forms of human growth hormone |
| human growth hormone (HGH), there are other | | | | abuse are appearing in Western culture. For instance, |
| implications beyond standard medical practice. | | | | some parents think their children would look better or |
| What is human growth hormone abuse in the elderly | | | | do better in sports if they were taller and bigger, and |
| or aging population? The hormone is given to seniors | | | | believe that human growth hormone therapy will yield |
| because it's thought that raising hormone levels will | | | | this result. Young people themselves, feeling the |
| result in reversing the aging process by decades. | | | | modern pressure to be physically attractive and good |
| Proponents claim that it produces increases in muscle | | | | at sports, may look for the same kind of quick fix, |
| and strength, decreases in body fat, increases in | | | | and are more likely to engage in HGH abuse in an |
| energy, and younger looking skin. The problem is that | | | | underground scenario where proper medical |
| the body of scientific evidence doesn't support these | | | | supervision is lacking and the purity of the hormone |
| claims to any significant extent, while it does support | | | | received is highly questionable. Clearly, these |
| claims of common unpleasant side effects. The use | | | | applications of human growth hormone therapy are |
| of HGH for anti aging is not approved by the US | | | | both misguided and unsafe. |
| Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and not | | | | The bottom line is that the only uses for which |
| recommended by medical authorities. Its use for this | | | | human growth hormone is approved in the United |
| purpose is actually illegal in the United States and | | | | States, and many other countries, is medically verified |
| other countries. HGH for anti aging is, therefore, HGH | | | | HGH deficiency (where the pituitary gland literally |
| abuse by both the patients who receive it and the | | | | produces abnormally low levels of this essential |
| medical professionals that provide it. | | | | hormone), and a few other rare medical conditions. In |
| Another group prone to human growth hormone | | | | individuals that are deficient, hormone replacement |
| abuse is athletes. Again, the reasons for using the | | | | therapy can restore normal growth patterns in |
| hormone are increased strength, increased lean | | | | children and prolong life in adults. Any nonapproved |
| muscle mass, decreased stored fat, and higher | | | | use is not backed up by scientific evidence and is |
| energy levels. Again, the evidence suggests that the | | | | illegal - it is human growth hormone abuse. |