Does HGH have therapeutic or medical uses?
Human Growth Hormone is often mislabeled as steroids by many. However, HGH is a synthetic hormone, a totally separate entity from steroids.
HGH mainly acts in the body by stimulating the liver to produce and secrete more insulin. The increased insulin levels produces muscle and organ growth, as well as bone development.
However, claims such as its ability to promote tissue healing following injury, increasing your cardiac output and athletic performance have just remained as claims.
Some even believes that HGH has anti-aging and age-reversing properties.
According to Professor John T. Wendt, a specialist in sports law and Olympic policies and procedures, as well as the author of the book, “The Road to Beijing and Beyond: A Time of Transition in the War on “Doping, using HGH would never allow you to have a therapeutic use exemption (TUE) in sports .
Two criteria fro granting TUE include using the substance would not produce performance-enhancing effects and using the substance could significantly improve an athlete’s state of health.
Professor Wendt emphasized that the use of HGH is never allowed both in and out of competition. There is a specific test conducted for HGH has been used ever since the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
From the Examiner:
Professor Wendt reiterates that using hGH is not permitted under the World Anti-Doping Authority’s list of Prohibited Substances and it is not possible for one to obtain a therapeutic use exemption (TUE) for the hormone. Professor Wendt wrote, “The important thing to remember is that hGH is prohibited in both in- and out-of-competition. WADA uses a blood test to test for hGH and has been in use since the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.”
