I have recently met a guy who is slightly over 40 and is taking HGH and Steroid injections under a doctor’s supervision here in Seattle. He swears by them and says that both the HGH/stroids are taken in moderate dosages and that the actual 'roids are not of the kind typically associated with weight lifters and are not harmful when taken appropriately.
I’m thinking of taking them because I am over 50 and he can get these things out of the country for an extremely good price.
So, do they work? What will I notice in the way of good? What are the risks, even at low dosages under doctor’s care?
I’ve been curious about HGH since Stallone got busted for them a few years ago. I asked them why they were illegal, but got no responses. I’ve gone the google route, but so far all the hits I get are from sites promoting HGH and seem somewhat bias.
The only thing I can tell you for sure is that HGH is rather costly.
It’s not illegal as such, although you do need a doctor’s script for them. You can buy supplements but my understanding is that they contain such minute amounts that it’s a waste of money.
In general, it is very costly, however, my friend gets it out-of-country for way less than if you go to a prescribing physician.
HGH and steroid therapy are useful if they are used to replace natural declines from aging or other factors, and require good monitoring and precise injection amounts.
So, for warding off SOME aging, trickling the HGH and male testoserone levels up to younger levels does show some promise (impossible to find my links with what gets returned when searching).
Beyond that, they are harmful.
FTR, I believe that Lance Armstrong’s success was due to the fact that, with one testicle, he was allowed to take male hormones (testosterone supplement) up to the max allowable levels in males. So, he kept his levels maxed out as permitted. Naturally, his body would never keep it’s testosterone levels at the max allowable range.
Then that’s pretty much what your acquaintance is looking to do. You might want to ask him to watch the show too. Then again, they went pretty extreme on the supplements. Maybe he’s taking a more relaxed regimen.
He says he has more of this: “become popular in the battle against aging. Reported effects include decreased body fat, increased muscle mass, increased bone density, increased energy levels, improved skin tone and texture, and improved immune system function.”
The guy on 30 days kind of scared, but as one poster pointed out, he was taking an absurd amount of supplements, many of which the doctor had not heard of.
I’m over 50 and I want to take under doctor’s supervision minus all the supplements.