Human Growth Hormone

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Hi

My husband (aged 42) has just been diagnosed with arthritis in his

hips. As he has had Flexural psoriasis in the last few months his

Orthopaedic surgeon thinks there could well be a connection. He is a

landscaper, fly fisherman, skier, kayaker, sailor etc. He leads a

pretty active life, and we're wondering how long he'll be able to

continue doing all the things that he loves to do. I read an

article on injecting human growth hormone (rHGH) into the joint which

promotes stem cell growth and the formation of new cartilage.

(www.medicalpost.com International Cartilage Repair Societ August 27

2002, Vol 38, Issue 30). Have any of you heard of this type of

treatment? If so, I'm interested to hear your success or otherwise,

and any known side effects.

In investigating the Psoriasis before we had the arthritis diagnosed

found he had low testosterone levels a few months ago, and has been

using a testosterone gel for the last few months, but has finished

the course now. Another suggestion by the Dr was to take a course of

HGH injections. This Dr spoke very highly of the benefits, but the

failed to mention what the flipside / side effects might be.

As a woman, I'm very aware that mucking around with hormones is

likely to increase the risk of breast cancer etc.

Injection of HGH into the joint is obviously much more site specific

and sounds fantastic in theory. So I'd really appreciate your

responses on the results - in practice.