A 56-year-old member asked:
Genotropin (human growth hormone) growth hormones shorts, what is this?
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Dr. Alan Feldman answered
40 years experience in Endocrinology
Growth hormone: Genotropin (human growth hormone) is growth hormone and is indicated in children with growth hormone deficiency to help them grow. It has much less of a role in adults, but can sometimes be helpful in adults who have had pituitary disease and have very low somatomedin C levels.
Answered on Aug 7, 2014
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Dr. Vered Lewy-Weiss answered
27 years experience in Pediatrics
Endocrinologist : Endocrinologists care for adult patients with gh deficiency. A prescription for hgh, based on careful evaluation of a gh deficient patient, is usually ... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Thomas Namey answered
47 years experience in Rheumatology
Children or adults?: Clearly the stigma of "shortness" is ever present. But in children, approval is given when there is a deficiency of growth hormone measured by a provo ... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Vered Lewy-Weiss answered
27 years experience in Pediatrics
Dose range: If you have gh deficiency as an adult there is a dose range your endocrinologist will know. Igf-1 levels, other labs, and clinical history go into tit ... Read More
A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael Kleerekoper answered
50 years experience in Endocrinology
Taller: Simply NO!
Your height growth stops somewhere in the late teens or very early twenties.
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