Has anyone used Human Growth Hormones (HGH)? Is it legal? How do I get it?
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Beware that using HGH tells EVERY cell in the body to grow, not just your muscles. Some baseball players have bigger heads now (literally and figuratively) than their rookie season - think they were using HGH? Beware that HGH is extremely expensive as mentioned before, and most of it (especially the discounted kind) is fake.\n\nJohn
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There are very few places in the world where pure ando is legal anymore because almost every single scientific study done on the steroid has shown that it doesn't work to help you gain muscle but it does work to screw up your endocrine system.  I have no idea where you can get some, but i am sure if you just search google for it you should be able to find some Caribbean website which will be more than happy to take your money and send you to the hospital.  There are no short cuts to this, stop being stupid and stay away from andro.
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It is not wrong to want to change something about yourself but before you attempt to do so why not give it thoughtful investigation.\n1. First consider your age. If you are not yet 21 years of age there may be natural growth awaitng your body's own clock.\n2. Second check out the trustworthyness of the site selling this "cure".  Check with your doctor. If you are a good candidate for taking HGH he or she should be the one to monitor your health. Suppose you had a terrible accident.  Would you entrust you spine to someone selling a potion or device on the net or the best possible neuro surgeon ?
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Growth hormones are very dangerous, one of my friends took them in high school HGH is what he took, he is now mentally disabled from a pulpose in his brain. They also can make parts of your body start to grow, ie your hands ears head and nose. There are many ways to gain the weight naturally why dont you talk to your trainer?
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yes, it is , ever since Jan of 2005 ... but you can get good steriods easily from sweden online. you might aswell go for the real deal- prohormones are roid wanna be's. and if your scared about using roids then don't even think about prohormones.
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aren't you a cop!!!!lol..steroid r illegal..but you can try mesterbol this legal...better yet go to wwww.anabolic.com they got some good legal anabolic they work really good..i at 17 pound of solid mass my body fat when down 8%.in just 2 weeks
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Danger!\n\nAnabolic steroids are illegal in the USA ... for a good reason too!!! Do u like South Park??? They did a funny and true show about steroids.  \n\nSure they do increase the testosterone while you take it and give you an opportunity to lift more weights ... but the long term effects <in 6 months after use> they destroy you.  First, your male genitals shrink!!! Yes, they do ... Second, the testosterone will eventually overproduce, causing a testosterone blockage, thereby increasing estrogen <women hormone's> then you'll cry like a baby ... eventually, you'll get man t i t s ... then when you're in you're forties, you'll suffer from heart attacks!!!\n\nSee a doctor for real ways to get muscle!!!
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As you may know...Steroids are drugs derived from hormones. Anabolic steroids are one group of these drugs. ... At present it is legal to possess anabolic steroids in the UK.\n\nAnabolic steroids - or more precisely, anabolic/androgenic steroids - belong to a group known as ergogenic, or so-called 'performance-enhancing,' drugs. They are synthetic derivatives of testosterone, a natural male hormone. 'Anabolic' means growing or building. 'Androgenic' means masculinizing or generating male sexual characteristics\n\nAt present IT IS LEGAL TO POSSESS anabolic steroids in the UK. However, it is an offence under the Misuse of Drugs Act to supply anabolic steroids to another person. Under present UK law the penalties for supplying anabolic steroids are the same as those for supplying any Class B controlled substance\n\nThe International Olympics Committee banned steroids use by all athletes in its member associations in 1975. Since then most major amateur and professional organizations have put the drugs on their list of banned substances. Such bans do not carry any legal penalties.
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They take human growth hormone...\n\n\nNice (long) clip and paste piston guy...
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It is produced naturally, but the people using this are using more than the body is meant to use and thus it enhances their performance. It's the new steroid, so to speak. It used to be harvested from corpses, but today it's synthesized in a lab. It could prolong your life, or shorten it. Our bodies aren't meant to use so much of things like this naturally. When you increase something that's there naturally to an unnatural level, then you run into troubles. Our bodies make steroids too, but these people use too much it's why they have problems. One thing that could happen with people that use HGH is that their pituitary gland could shrink and not function properly, thus creating problems when they eventually stop using. the way it enhances performances it that it allows the body to heal faster meaning that a player won't miss time when hurt, minor things become almost nothing and it allows people to spend more time in the gym giving them a chance to become bigger and stronger.
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yes, but I cannot imagine it being legal. JUST EAT A LOT LOT OF FOOD, and work out like you have the burning hellfire of a thousands suns worth of hatred in your heart and you'll be the strongest person I swear. Don't do those steroids they'll make your heart bad and ruin your life and omg you'll regret
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What I have managed to learn is below.\n\n1. I send them a message (through out a for in their site) asking for some information. What is more, I expressed my suspiciousness\nabout their product. It was quite a long message. Finally the next day I received an email for which I am not sure that it is written by\na human being or a computer program. The email was to general, it was like ... We do care for your satisfaction... The advanced HGH growth booster Growth-Flex VT can help you to grow taller .... I must say that I am not satisfied at all. Firstly I expected some specific answer. What is more,\nthe email did not answer at all [really nothing at all] about all those questions concerning my DOUBTS! And an othr thing\nthe email was mainly concerning the payment methods, and they great?! prices, they seem eager to take your money!!!\nIf I a have to pay hundered of euros at least I excpect an email properly written, answering my questions!\n\n2. I found at http://www.ripoffreport.com a report that heightboosting is a scam. However, the guy does not explain\nanything.\n\n3. I found at other sites like [http://www.shortsupport.org] [http://www.heightguide.com] some list with scam\ncompanies. There were heightboosting.com as well but no specific reference why is scam. What is more these sites\nhave similar text-contents you know copy-paste.\n\n4. I found the text contents of the site www.heightboosting.com copy-pasted to other sites selling similar product\nfor example [http://www.exit15.com/product_info.php?pName=growth-flex-tm-advanced-hgh-booster]. I don't really \nunderstand why is that?\n\n5. I found from whois that the site www.heightboosting.com was created about 4-5 years ago and expires in 2009.\n\n6. They say risk free, no side effects. It sounds like a joke, doesn't it? How can one use hormones and pills\n   with no side effects at all?!\n\n******** Anyway I haven't come to a sure conclusion, is it all a scam or not. I would apreceate it if anyone\ncould give some extra information for this site and its products! ******************
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There certainly seems to be promise in the benefits of Human Growth Hormone boosters, such as DHEA, for slowing the aging process. The concern for many providers is that there hasn't been a lot of long-term studies, so the long-term health risks aren't really known. \n\nThe biggest fear is that younger people are taking DHEA to give them an edge in atheletics. There is some fear that DHEA, especially taken in high doses or to achieve abormally high blood levels, may increase the risk for a number of cancers.\n\nDHEA should only be taken by older people (40+). While it is probably OK to take low dosease of DHEA (less than 100 mg/day) without a doctor's involvement, ideally the goal should be to achieve optimal DHEA levels as measured by blood or saliva testing...optimal being defined as a healthy normal level typically seen in 35 year olds (regardless of the patient's age). Trying to achieve levels above that is potentially dangerous and should be discouraged, or only done under the supervision of a physician.
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This advice applies to people who are 40+ years old: \n\nAnything that stimulates Human Growth Hormone (HGH) will slow the aging process. While there are HGH products available, I wouldn't recommend using them without a physician's involvement. At the very least, find out what your HGH levels are first. Your goal is to achieve HGH levels that are considered optimal for a healthy 35 year old...regardless of your own chronologic age. Levels ABOVE that norm may not be healthy, so don't get carried away.\n\nIntense aerobic activity and anaerobic activity stimulates HGH production. Another safe do-it-yourself approach is using some combination of DHEA (less than 100 mg / day) and stacked amino acid supplementation. These are "precursors" to HGH. That means they provide the building blocks for the body to efficiently provide it's own HGH. The theory is that as we age, for a variety of reasons, these building blocks become depleted. This approach provides the body with what it needs and it will use what it needs and no more.
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No, you can't target growth. You do need adequate nutrition. Make that good nutrition - high protein and high in calcium and all those good vitamins. You could take Human Growth Hormone injections, but as you're a minor, you'll have to convice your parents.
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You're right, the information under Wikipedia's Growth Hormone Treatment section is very vague. However, it does tell you that the gene for the growth hormone is inserted into bacteria, which mass produce the protein.\n\nFrom that, we can surmise what you could potentially do to mass produce growth hormone.\n\nFirst, of all, you need the gene. That's simple. You get a bunch of pituitary cells and then create some primers that bind upstream and downstream of the actual gene.\n\nThese primers should consist of approximately 25 base nucleotides, and should bind before the gene and after the stop codon.\n\nYou then use PCR to amplify it up. That technique can be found in any old Molecular Biology textbook, though the Maniatis book (referenced below) is very good and detailed on this.\n\nNow the best thing to do next is to put your gene of choice into a plasmid (a circular piece of DNA) that expresses an antibiotic resistance gene, and right in front of a gene promoter that is always switched on (and obviously, one that forces the bacteria to produce vast quantities of the hormone).\n\nThat's very simple. Use a nuclease to cut your plasmid. (It's best to use two nucleases, to cut out a small section of the plasmid DNA out). Use the same nucleases to cut the ends of your extract gene (making sure the nuclease that cuts upstream of your extract DNA is also the same nuclease that cuts at the "upstream" part of your plasmid and vice versa). That means you have to find a nuclease that cuts at the right places, which may require a bit of searching.\n\nBecause both have been cut by the same enzyme, they'll have sticky ends that match. They'll anneal naturally and because you used the same enzyme to cut upstream of both plasmid and extract gene, the gene will anneal the right way round instead of backwards. (If it anneals backwards, the gene won't work). Use a DNA ligase to join up the backbone and voila, you've got a plasmid that should express antibiotic resistance and your hormone gene.\n\nTransform it into bacteria, possibly using heat shock. Select for the bacteria that express the antibiotic gene (as it should also express the growth hormone), by putting it on to an agar plate with the antibiotic in and lots of goodies and nutrients for the bacteria.\n\nOnly the ones with the plasmid will survive and they'll form little colonies on a plate. Now you've got to check that your plasmid contains the gene. After all, the insertion of your gene into the plasmid could have failed.\n\nThat's simple. All you have to do is take a little bit from a colony, break it open and use a pair of primers that bind at the 5' end and the 3' end of the gene, and do a PCR. If the gene is there, you'll get a product. If not, you won't.\n\nThen, you do a Western blot, to make sure the protein is actually being made. You could have skipped the above PCR step, but there was the chance that some rogue growth hormone could have infected your samples. Doing the PCR, shows you that any protein is there because the bacteria is making it from the gene you put into it, and not because it just happened to be on some of your apparatus.\n\nI'll refer you to the sources below, as a Western blot is a long detailed procedure that'll make this answer insanely long.\n\nAfter you've done that and proved to yourself that the bacteria has your gene and is making your protein, you grow it up in a huge vat full of nutrients. Siphon some off every now and then, and extract the protein.\n\nYou need do nothing more, except keep growing the bacteria, making sure it's always there and that the antibiotic selection is always on. If it isn't, the bacteria will eventually reject the plasmid, as it won't be of any use to it.\n\nThere you have it. It may not be the exact same protocol as what industry uses, but it will get you similar results.
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No - unless you do physical labour (which technically is exercise).  They are doing experiments in gene doping with Insulin-like Growth Factor - but it's for people with muscle wasting diseases.  You're goning to have to lift weights or start working construction/agriculture (or any other physically demanding job).  Exercise is fun, gives you social contact, makes you feel better and helps build up muscle.  You should give it a try!