What Are Growth Hormone Injections?

• Growth hormone is responsible for children to grow normally into healthy adults. HGH also continues to play a vital role in adults. However, sometimes — as children or adults — our bodies fail to produce adequate amounts of growth hormone.
• Growth hormone injections are used to treat men, women, and children who are suffering from a growth hormone deficiency.
• Authentic growth hormone injections are only available with a doctor’s prescription. Any product you can buy without a prescription, claiming to be HGH, or contain HGH, cannot by law, contain any human growth hormone.

Growth hormone injections are used to treat men, women, and children who are suffering from a growth hormone deficiency or GHD. HGH is produced by the pituitary gland, one of the major glands of the endocrine system. This critical hormone is responsible for all of the processes that allow children and adolescents to grow normally into healthy adults.

In people of all ages, human growth hormone, also known as HGH, plays a significant role in the human body,  regulating body composition, muscle and bone growth, maintaining lean body mass, sugar and fat metabolism, and a number of other metabolic processes.

Synthetic forms of HGH made from recombinant human DNA are used as the active ingredient in several brands of prescription growth hormone injections. These human growth hormone injections are prescribed when your body is not producing enough HGH on its own.

It is important to note that authentic growth hormone injections are only available with a doctor’s prescription. Any product you can buy without a prescription, claiming to be HGH or contain HGH, cannot, by law, contain any human growth hormone. Any such products are worthless at their best, and could be dangerous at their worst, and therefore should be avoided.

HGH is responsible for stimulating all of the processes that allow children and adolescents to grow normally into healthy adults. In people of all ages, human growth hormone plays a significant role in regulating body composition, muscle and bone growth, sugar and fat metabolism, and a number of other metabolic processes.

Why Are Growth Hormone Injections Prescribed?

HGH injections are prescribed when you are diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency. Both adults and children can suffer from GHD. Some of the signs and symptoms of GHD are the same in both children and adults, but some are unique to children. The first sign of possible growth hormone deficiency in children is a failure to reach age-appropriate height and weight milestones. Other signs of growth hormone deficiency in children include:

• A round or chubby body shape
• Impaired hair growth
• A younger-looking appearance than other children his or her own age
• Poor growth and a delayed onset of puberty

GHD in children is most often prescribed for:

• Genetic conditions such as Turner’s syndrome or Prader-Willi syndrome
• Prolonged kidney disease
• Children born with low birth weight or size relative to gestational age
• Any disease, condition, or injury that adversely affects pituitary function

Since adults are fully grown, the signs and symptoms of GHD in adults are not so much about height as they are about strength, energy, metabolism, and overall wellness. The signs and symptoms of growth hormone deficiency in adults include:

• Weight gain increased body fat
• Joint pain
• Lack of energy
• RetentionLoss of muscle tone and bone density
• Mood swings
• Cognitive issues

Growth hormone injections in adults are usually prescribed for GHD that is caused by injury to, or disease of, the pituitary gland. Growth hormone deficiency in adults can also be related to a hormone imbalance due to the declining levels of all of your critical hormones that come with age. This kind of “age-related” or “adult-onset” GHD occurs in men and women who are over 35 years old.

Growth hormone deficiency in adults can also be related to a hormone imbalance due to the declining levels of all of your critical hormones that come with age.

What Are the Benefits of Growth Hormone Injections?

For children or adults with GHD, growth hormone injections have many positive benefits. In children, growth hormone injections are the standard of care for the treatment of GHD, Turner Syndrome, and a number of other conditions that result in shorter-than-normal stature. For such children, HGH injections safely and effectively help them to grow more normally and provide improvements in body composition.

In adults, growth hormone injections have been shown to:

• Increase energy
• Increase exercise capacity
• Improve athletic performance
• Increase muscle mass and reduce fat
• Increase bone density and bone mass
• Reduce foggy thinking and other cognitive difficulties
• Improve sexual performance
• Provide more strength and energy for routine physical activity
• Lowered risk of heart disease

As prescribed by medical professionals human growth hormone is taken as an injection. Real HGH is only available with a prescription, and only given via injection. There is no such thing as an HGH pill, or powder, or patch. If you search for HGH online, you will find some websites that sell pills or powders, or “HGH patches” claiming to be HGH or to contain HGH, or that these products can produce results similar to growth hormone injections. All such claims are false.

How Are Growth Hormone Injections Given?

The HGH prescribed by healthcare professionals to treat GHD is manufactured in pharmaceutical laboratories using recombinant human DNA so it is identical to that produced by the pituitary gland, therefore you can rely on its safety and efficacy. Daily injection of HGH is given subcutaneously, which means that the injection is done just beneath the surface of the skin, into fatty tissue, usually around the abdomen.

Since the needles are small and HGH injections are given just below the skin, they are easy to do and relatively painless. Some brands of HGH injections are available in premeasured doses in injectable pens, rather than using more traditional syringes. Many patients find the pens preferable, as they are easy to use. Either way, you will be completely trained on how to administer your prescribed injections.

Are There Any Side Effects of HGH Injections?

HGH injections are approved for the treatment of GHD. As such, they are generally regarded as safe. However, like any prescription medication, they can have some side effects or risk of adverse events.

The most common side effect is injection site reactions or allergic reaction.. Other common side effects include:

• Headache
• Joint Pain
• Knee Pain
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Fluid Retention
• Spikes or other changes in blood sugar levels
• Possible increases in blood pressure
• Muscle Pain

HGH injections may interact with other medical conditions or medicines you may be taking. Be sure to tell your doctor if you or your family has a history of cancer, chronic kidney disease, thyroid issues, pituitary tumors, or any other serious health conditions.

Tell your healthcare provider about any medications you are taking, including herbal supplements and over-the-counter medications.

What Brands of Growth Hormone Injections Are Available?

HGH injections are a prescription medicine. There are several brands of prescription growth hormone injections available for purchase in the US. They differ mainly in their injection methods – syringe vs pen – and/or dosages. The most commonly prescribed name brand prescription HGH injections are:

• Omnitrope – made by Sandoz Inc., and available as 5.8mg vials.
• Zomacton – made by Ferring, and available as 5mg, or 10mg vials, there is also a 5 mg injectable pen.
• Genotropin – made by Pfizer Inc, and available as MiniQuick® injectors in 0.4mg, 0.6mg, 0.8mg, or 1.0mg doses.
• Norditropin – made by Novo Nordisk and available as FlexPro® Pen injectors in 5mg, 10mg, 15mg, or 30mg doses.
• Humatrope – made by Eli Lilly, and available as 5mg vials
• Saizen – made by Merck Serono, and available as 5mg or 8.8mg vials

You and your healthcare provider will decide the brand of growth hormone injections that is best for your needs and lifestyle..

Storage, mixing, and disposal of growth hormone injections may also vary by brand. Please consult your doctor, pharmacist, or product insert for these details.

How Do I Get a Prescription for Growth Hormone Injections?

If you are experiencing the symptoms of growth hormone deficiency, and you think you need a prescription for growth hormone therapy, the first thing you need to do is to see your doctor or other licensed healthcare provider to have your symptoms thoroughly evaluated, and your hormone levels checked.

Once your hormone levels are determined via a series of blood panels and evaluated in relation to your individual symptoms, you may be given a prescription for growth hormone injections.

If you are prescribed human growth hormone injections, please be sure to follow all of your doctor’s advice and instructions.

Growth hormone injections have been shown to: increase energy, increase lean muscle mass, reduce fat, increase bone density and reduce foggy thinking and other cognitive difficulties.

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