Steroids and HGH in the news
In recent years the dangers of steroid and hgh side effects has been in the news. New York Yankee Pitcher Andy Pettitte admitted to using human growth hormone (hgh) to recover from an elbow injury. Gold medalist Sprinter Marion Jones pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators about using steroids. San Diego Charger linebacker Shawne Merriman was suspended for four games during the 2006 football season for using steroids.
These news stories are usually followed with harsh commentaries about the tragic results that accompany using steroids and HGH, and there is usually never any distinction between the two ( let alone the difference between using and abuse) The effects of abusing steroids has been well documented. From water retention, acne ,aggresion (roid rage) to heart disease, impotence, liver tumers and kidney failure. Those that use steroids are usually bodybuilders and competitive athelites. The same just does not hold true with HGH
Just to be perfectly clear, like any drug using HGH can have side effects especially when there is no medical supervision. Those that are possible are hyertension, retention of fluids in the extremities. Joint pain has been reported in limited instances as has some isolated instances of gynecomastia (which represents an enlargement of the male mammary glands) have been noted. However these side effects may be isolated cases because there is no difinitive research that demonstrates these side effects.
While HGH and steroids have been lumped together the fact of the matter is that there isn’t enough data that has been researched to suggest that there is any wide spread major side effects. Here is a great read about the good hgh side effects that have been documented
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June 12, 2008 at 12:03 am |
This HGH “controversy” in sports will be meaningless in a few years. HGH is not a steroid. It’s found naturally in the body. Banning it as a performance enhancer is like banning caffeine, sugar, chewing tobacco, or aspirin as a performance enhancer. Shooting HGH is passe now because it can be obtained legally over the counter in a homeopathic oral spray form which does not involve needles. There are about 30 companies selling it over the internet, the most popular with athletes is 21stcenturyhgh.com. Get over it. HGH is here to stay, like caffeine, sugar, chewing tobacco, and aspirin.