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If am taking corticosteroids. will it increase growth hormone?
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No: Just the opposite, it can cause growth suppression by antagonistic effect to hgh http://www.Ncbi.Nlm.Nih.Gov/pmc/articles/pmc297190/.
Answered 6/4/2014
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