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Growth Hormone Secretagogues

Related Topics:

• ghrelin / growth hormone / growth hormone releasing hormone / growth hormone releasing peptide-6 (GHRH-6)

Specific Recommendations:

• Saizen - International Antiaging Systems
• Saizen - drugstore.com (prescription)
• Humatrope - Purchasing in Tijuana
• hGH formulas at iHerb

General Information:

• Human Growth Hormone - DermaDoctor.com

News & Research:

• Growth-Hormone Stimulator Aids Elderly - WebMD, 6/21/06
• Why oral "HGH" does not work - USDoctor.com
• Ghrelin: More Than a Natural GH Secretagogue - Medscape, 1/25/05
• Inappropriate Advertising of Dietary Supplements - NEJM, 2/27/03 - "We are especially concerned because the promotional e-mails are apparently sending readers to our Web site; the 1990 article by Rudman et al. receives as many "hits" in a week as other 1990 articles do in a year. If people are induced to buy a "human growth hormone releaser" on the basis of research published in the Journal, they are being misled"
• The Wizard is Oz - Life Extension Magazine, 11/01 - "Best-selling author and nutritional guru to the rich and famous, Oz Garcia is singing the praises of the Life Extension Foundation and its products in his newest book, The Healthy High Tech Body, published in September 2001 ... Supplements at the top of Garcia's list of recommendations ... DHA ... NADH ... Alpah Lipoic Acid ... Acetyl-L-Carnitine ... An expanded list of his recommendations includes lycopene, gamma tocopherol, vinpocetine, SAMe, folic acid, carnosine, glutathione, DMAE, Huperzine A, probiotics, MSM, secretagogues, arginine pyroglutamate, IP-6, bioflavonoid formulas and grape skin/seed extracts"
• News - New Compound Stimulates Growth Factors In Some Children - Doctor's Guide, 7/24/01 - "Short-term administration of the orally active nonpeptide growth hormone secretagogue ibutamoren mesylate (MK-0677) can increase growth hormone, insulin-like growth factor-I and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 levels in some children with growth hormone deficiency ... median increases from baseline on day 15 were: ... serum insulin-like growth factor-1: 12 µg/L"
• Do noninjectable forms of human growth hormone work? - Nutrition Science News, 11/00
• Endocrinology of Aging, New GH Secretagogues - Medscape, 3/00

Abstracts:

• Ghrelin, a natural GH secretagogue produced by the stomach, induces hyperglycemia and reduces insulin secretion in humans - J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001 Oct;86(10):5083-6
• Increases in circulating insulin-like growth factor I levels by the oral growth hormone secretagogue MK-0677 in the beagle are dependent upon pituitary mediation - Endocrinology 1999 Apr;140(4):1552-8 - "Cortisol was increased after MK-0677 administration 3.7-fold in the pre-sham, 3.6-fold in the post-sham, and 3.6-fold in the pre-hypox dogs"