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clovest

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Human growth hormone for adult
Posted: 02-25-08 21:22pm

Hello to anyone and everyone who reads this, and thank you in advance for any information or answers you can provide.

I am a 22 year old female, I weigh 75lbs and I'm 4'7" tall. All of my life I've tried to accept the fact that I'm extremely tiny. In my childhood it wasn't so bad. People mistakenly thought I was a toddler when I signed up for school, and through my elementary or primary school years it wasn't much of an issue. Even through Middle school and most of High school I wasn't bothered much about this. Now that I am a young adult, I'm finding it hard to deal with.

I am always mistaken for a 12 year old. Everyone I come in contact with knows that I am not the age I look because of the maturity in my voice, the clothes that I wear, but I constantly get asked "excuse me, ma'am.. how old are you?" and usually I shrug it off. It is upsetting but I'm trying to learn to live with this.

I recently went to get an annual exam at my GYN's office and it was the first visit I've had with this specific doctor. He told me I was abnormally small and asked me if I ever looked into what may have caused this. My parents really haven't done much because I'm a very healthy person and as a child it never seemed to bother me. He also asked if I have ever consulted with an endocrinologist (I think that is what he spoke of).

Now I know of a young guy, around 15 years of age I think, who is taking injections of what I believe is the Human Growth Hormone. And I know that people of the older generation take this to slow down aging (hopefully I'm correct - this is what I understand from online research)

What I'm asking is if this hormone would help me. What exactly is this hormone, what does it do, and am I too old to take this to get adequate results for what I would be expecting?

Do you have any info, answers, or words of wisdom that can help me?

Again, thank you so very much.
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Posted: 02-26-08 13:47pm

Human growth hormone can be very dangerous if you do not need it.

Side effects include liver DAMAGE, heart disease, heart failure..etc..

IF you need it, and you use it with a qualified doctor, it can be safe for the short term.

This is normally given to VERY young people. You should seek the advice of an endocrinologist.
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