What kind of hormone therapy is used, if any, in surgical limb lengthening? It seems like Human Growth Hormone and some others might help speed the process. Is that being used in any of the procedures you're aware of to help speed recovery?
I think HGH is not used in adults because of all the posible side effects associated with it.
betz use it
Quote from: doomsday on May 10, 2017, 09:00:04 PMbetz use it
Can you elaborate?
for older patients, the same way older celebrities shoot up HGH.
Quote from: Iamready on May 10, 2017, 09:08:49 PMCan you elaborate?
His used it in a few patients that had poor consolidation.
Thanks.
I wonder why Dr. Paley doesn't use Hgh for poor consolidation. There has to be some negative side effect.
Hgh may cause cancer.
There is no bigger risk than that and I wonder how easily some people take it just to look a little younger or to have some bigger muscles.
For bone growth I doubt if it can heal non unions. Faster bone growth is not a serious reason to take hgh or steroids as bones can heal normaly with only good nutrition.
So people should not base their rehabilitation in steroids or hgh, if the surgery went fine and the patient is not old or smokes, he would be fine most of the times without anything else.
Roughly the same thing, but look at a drug called Forteo. It's one of the most powerful osteoporosis drugs on the market from what I understand. I currently use it to increase bone density in my spine. I doubt I'll use it during lengthening, or if I even should due to the risk of early union. Unlike other osteoporosis drugs, it doesn't just prevent bone loss, but induces bone growth. And ignore all of the BS about causes of bone cancer. I don't know about HGH, but there has yet to be a single case of bone cancer with the drug in humans, just the small number in mice. Some doctors are now beginning to ignore the 2 year restriction because of that.
But I'll definitely give it a shot during consolidation. I don't see why anyone wouldn't use it for consolidation purposes. In fact, I am willing to bet it's more powerful than HGH in terms of consolidation. Some people see their BMD increase by 8% with it after a year's use. And keep in mind these people are really old and probably have poor nutrition anyways. So it will be very interesting to see what it does to someone like me who is spot-on with supplementation and is younger (vitamin K-2, D3, calcium, and etc). Because if I recall, studies done with vitamin K-2 claimed to get 6% after a year, which is hilariously more effective than Fosamax. So if you twist the supplements and drugs together, it may stack (I can't prove this with me until I do another bone DEXA scan).
Most wouldn't be able to get this drug without a legitimate use from insurance. Because without insurance, it is $2,600 for a 30 day supply! But the good news is the patent expires in a year, so I'm sure a generic brand will knock it down to like $300+ per month.
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