Approved clinical uses of GH
The FDA has several approved injectable preparations of HGH. The growth hormone is only available with a prescription from a licensed physician.
Synthetically derived (recombinant) GH was initially approved by the FDA in 1985 for the treatment of short stature due to GH deficiency (GHD). Over the following years, GH continued to gain approval for the treatment of specific clinical conditions causing short stature and other complications related to lifelong GHD such as Prader-Willi syndrome, short stature caused by chronic renal insufficiency, Turner syndrome, idiopathic short stature, and intrauterine growth retardation.
The FDA has also approved GH therapy as a treatment for growth hormone deficiency attributed to the presence of pituitary tumors. Another recent approved use for GH has been to treat adults who develop the wasting syndrome of AIDS.
There is a lot of evidence that injection of GH in the above mentioned disorders can result in:
- Increased muscle mass and bone density
- decreased body fat
- improved mentation
- increased exercise performance
- increased cardiovascular tolerance to stress/exercise
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