Hear hear! HGH should not be given to anyone who already produces their own.  If someone isn't producing enough due to pituitary issues or such, I totally get it and agree.  But for those who do not need it and they are taking it, it is no different from any other weight loss gimmick on the market. I agree about having a REAL doctor prescribe meds such as this.  It's just dangerous and besides, when the injections end so does the weight loss.

I agree with Bette.  I had a holistic dr once tell me to stop my coumidin, I get blood clots but he thought I could go without.  He could have killed me!  So from now on I just listen to my MD's and leave the massage and chiropractic stuff to them.   What happens when they stop the shots, will they gain it all back?  Kind of sounds like a scam to me. Chrissy

I used it for 6 weeks. It is supposed to be used along side a low calorie, protein diet. I was told to use it for six weeks, stop for 6 weeks, and then resume for six weeks etc, until the desired weight was achieved.  It was used heavily in the 70's with much success from many people.   I looked into the history, most of which I have forgotten, but there is no real harm it it, it appears, though it is not approved in the united states for "weight loss" and in fact the package insert required by the FDA  has a statement about that.   REgardless, it can be recieved by prescription.  It is different than HGH or human growth hormone. It is HCG or human corionic gonadotropin- sorry not sure of the correct spelling. I believe I paid around $300.00 for the first prescription, though the following would not have been as much.  I didn't follow through with the next round.  I did find the diet easy to follow, without cravings, and giving myself the injections was no big deal, very small needle- you could hardly feel it.  If you want more information about it, you can go to www.naturalcures.com that is where I got started on it, in a round about way. Obviously, It didn't do much for me as I had my lap band in October, but I was confident at the time it would- I just didn't follow up.  Almost anything works if you believe in it....... and follow the plan. Jen

Yeah - I wasn't sure about that either??  I know she said it was human growth hormone, maybe I misheard the HCG -- But WHERE would I come up with that one on my own??  Hmmm

The reason it's not covered by her insurance is that it's not approved by the FDA for this use.  It's used for men who need more testosterone and women who need to get pregnant through IVF...I am pretty anti-medicine for everything, and think it sounds dangerous.  Anything that messes with your hormones is not a good long term healthy strategy.

(hanging head in shame) I did this in the 80's after my first son was born. I did lose a ton of weight, but they also gave me Phentermine along with it....so who knows if it did anything?