The Most Effective Hormone Replacement Therapies
If you are suffering from growth hormone deficiency, or GHD, the safest and most effective treatment is growth hormone replacement therapy. However, the only way to start on actual growth hormone therapy is if it is prescribed to you by your doctor. You cannot get real growth hormone online, or order it from an ad in a magazine, or purchase HGH in a vitamin store. Legitimate HGH can only be obtained with a doctors prescriptions.
Endocrinology is the medical practice that specializes in diseases or defects of the endocrine system. Growth hormone is produced by the pituitary gland, one of the major glands of the endocrine system. However, any medical doctor can write a prescription for growth hormone.
Any medical doctor can write a prescription for growth hormone. Growth hormone in children is almost always diagnosed and treated by an endocrinologist. Endocrinology is the medical practice that specializes in diseases or defects of the endocrine system. Your endocrine system is made up of the many glands the produce and secrete the critical hormones that regulate and control most bodily functions. Therefore endocrinologists are well equipped to treat hormonal imbalances or any disease, or condition that is caused by too much or too little of a given hormone.
Growth hormone is produced by the pituitary gland. Growth hormone deficiency in children is almost always related to some kind of disease, or genetic condition which has impaired pituitary function. GHD in children can be a very serious condition, and should be treated by an endocrinologist or some other type of doctor who specializes in growth hormone therapies.
In adults, growth hormone deficiencies can sometimes be conditions that have continued from childhood, and just as in children, GHD in adults can also be caused by disease or injury to the pituitary gland. In either of these circumstances, it is best to get your growth hormone therapy from an endocrinologist, who specializes in glandular diseases and conditions.
However there is another kind of adult onset GHD, which can be just as severe, but may not require a visit to an endocrinologist. Growth hormone levels naturally decline as you age. In men and women over 40, that decline often can lead to adult onset, or age-related growth hormone deficiency.
Again while any doctor can prescribe growth hormone, there are doctors who specialize in hormone replacement and age management, who focus on the effective use of HGH for optimal aging.
Before any doctor can give you growth hormone therapy, you must have your HGH levels tested. If the tests indicate that your HGH levels are lower than they should be for your height, weight and age, your doctor will be able to write you a prescription for growth hormone injections.
Growth hormone is a controlled medication like any prescription drug. And, like any prescription medication, your doctor cannot prescribe it without a legitimate reason. The FDA currently recognizes only two conditions of “medical need,” that require injection growth hormone therapy: one is for growth hormone deficiencies, and the other is for the “muscle wasting” that occurs in HIV/AIDS patients.
Before any doctor can give you growth hormone therapy, he or she must have your HGH levels tested. If the tests, which will be described in the next section, show that your HGH levels are lower than they should be for your height, weight and age, your doctor will be able to write you a prescription for growth hormone injections.
Prescription growth hormone injections come in injection kits that have everything included that you will need to give yourself your growth hormone injections. The HGH in your injection kit is made from recombinant DNA, and is an exact duplicate on the chemical and molecular level of the growth hormone produced by your pituitary gland.
If you are looking for the kind of doctor who provides growth hormone therapy, chances are you are a man or woman between the ages of 35 and 65, who has started to feel the symptoms of adult onset growth hormone deficiency.
The signs of adult onset or age-related growth hormone deficiency (GHD) include:
Once you find a growth hormone doctor who will evaluate your symptoms, do not expect him or her to immediately write your prescription for HGH replacement therapy.
HGH prescriptions are very strictly regulated. Your doctor will need to take a complete medical history and physical exam, which will then be followed with a specialized blood test to check for your HGH level. Since HGH levels change throughout the day, your doctor cannot simply draw blood, and test it for your HGH levels. This works for diagnosing other low hormone levels such as testosterone, but will not work to get an accurate picture for HGH.
One test for growth hormone deficiency; doctors use a growth hormone stimulation test. In this test, you are given a medication that induces your pituitary to release HGH. Once you take the medication, then your blood is tested to see if your body reacted properly to the introduction of the growth hormone stimulant.
You cannot buy actual growth hormone online. You can only obtain real human growth hormone with a doctor’s prescription, which then must be obtained from a licensed pharmacy, just like any other prescription medication. Any product being sold online, that can be purchased without a prescription, that claims to be “HGH,” or to contain HGH, or growth hormone, cannot by law, contain any human growth hormone. These products may have ingredients such as proteins and amino acids that they claim can “stimulate your body to produce more HGH,” but most such claims are unsubstantiated. Furthermore, like all supplements, any “HGH supplement” is not tested or regulated by the FDA, which means they can make any claims they wish, and such claims are not verified by any independent review.
This having all been said, you may be able to work with a growth hormone clinic that can refer you to an online pharmacy that may fill your growth hormone prescription. However, understand that you will still have to go through the very same procedures of seeing a doctor, having your blood tested, and obtaining a prescription for growth hormone, but, you may just be able to save a little money having your HGH prescription filled on line.
It is very important that you understand this difference. While there may be the possibility of having your HGH prescription filled online, you cannot, under any circumstances buy HGH online or anywhere else for that matter, without a doctor’s prescription. Also realize that actual growth hormone therapy is only prescribed as an injection. Any product that you can buy online without a prescription claiming to be HGH, in pill, spray, powder, or anything other than an injection, is not HGH at best, and may be a total scam at worst.
If all of this is making it sound very difficult to buy HGH, relax, it does not have to be. We are only saying that for your own health and safety, you should obtain your HGH from a qualified and legitimate source. If you are really in need of an HGH prescription, our doctors and staff can actually make the process very easy for you!
If it sounds a little complicated to find the right kind of doctor for growth hormone therapy, it doesn’t have to be!
Any kind of doctor can write you a prescription for growth hormone. However, it is highly recommended that you only get your growth hormone therapy from a medical professional whose practice is dedicated to hormone replacement therapy. Only a well-qualified physician who specializes in hormone replacement therapy, should prescribe your growth hormone treatment. This way you can be sure your HGH prescription will be the safest and most effective for your particular needs and lifestyle.
Prescription HGH is known by many names and comes in many different forms. Some of the most common growth hormone prescriptions are:
These, and several other name brands of growth hormone are made by well-known pharmaceutical companies that are known to use safe and well-regulated manufacturing processes. The differences between the name brands of prescription HGH mostly have to do with their dosages and the delivery methods. Some growth hormone injection kits use traditional syringes, others use more modern pre-dosed injectable pens. Your growth hormone prescriber will decide which is best for you.
These and other similar prescription HGH formulas, made and distributed by various legitimate pharmaceutical companies, are the only HGH prescription medications that are officially allowed to be legally imported, distributed, and sold in the United States.
When you get your HGH therapy from a doctor who specializes in age optimization through hormone replacement, not only will such a physician be able to provide you with the most accurate testing of your growth hormone levels, and provide you with the most effective HGH prescription, he or she will also be able to evaluate your other hormones.
All hormones in your body interact and work together. If you are suffering from a growth hormone deficiency, there is a good chance that you may be deficient in other critical hormones such as testosterone. Many people who are given a prescription for growth hormone, are also prescribed testosterone therapy, and sometimes experience remarkable results from the combined therapies.
It is highly recommended that you only get your growth hormone therapy from a medical professional whose practice is dedicated to hormone replacement therapy.
