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 Surprise, AZ Member Since: 05/24/06 [Latest Posts] | Post Date: 3/7/08 12:06 pm Several ladies at my office receive HCG (Human Growth Hormone) shots to lose weight. They say it is the "pregnancy hormone" and helps the body release the "resistent fat" from their bodies. They get these from a holistic doctor, not an MD. One of them has lost 50 pounds since November. She says she's lost her double chin and her belly fat. It's pretty expensive ($450 for the shots as needed plus monthly check ups) and not covered by our group insurance (BC/BS). She says this doctor has helped her with other health issues as well (thyroid, high blood pressure). Has anyone ever heard of this?? Sonja  Starting: 283 Current: 225 Goal: 150 |
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 Bridgeport, CT Member Since: 08/25/03 [Latest Posts] | Post Date: 3/7/08 12:12 pm All I've heard about HGH is that Congress is investigating Roger Clemens and MLB players for taking it. To me, it's like Botox: you couldn't PAY me to put that crap in my body. ESPECIALLY by someone who ISN'T a doctor!
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 AZ Member Since: 10/04/07 [Latest Posts] | Post Date: 3/7/08 1:15 pm On March 7, 2008 at 12:12 PM Pacific Time, Bette B. wrote: All I've heard about HGH is that Congress is investigating Roger Clemens and MLB players for taking it. To me, it's like Botox: you couldn't PAY me to put that crap in my body. ESPECIALLY by someone who ISN'T a doctor!The band got me to goal, the sleeve will keep me there. From a size 22/24 to a size 4. See my profile for how to research a Mexican LAP BAND surgeon, advice for newbies (Feb), motivation for all of us (May), and how to research a Mexican GASTRIC SLEEVE surgeon 3/09. |
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 AZ Member Since: 10/15/07 [Latest Posts] | Post Date: 3/7/08 12:17 pm I looked it up oline and this is what I found...aside from all of those who are touting its benefits! http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/cathcg.htm.. Be sure to read further down the page where it gives Characteristics. Sure doesn't sound like something I wold put into my body! IMHO!! |
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 Western, CO Member Since: 11/24/05 [Latest Posts] | Post Date: 3/7/08 12:22 pm 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 |
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Surprise, AZ Member Since: 05/24/06 [Latest Posts] | Post Date: 3/7/08 12:26 pm Thanks ladies!! I'm not interested in this for myself, as I am still very happy with how my band has helped me. I just thought it an odd thing to do?? Personally, at my age (approaching menopausal age shortly) I don't need anymore hormones mucking up my system!! 
Thanks again for the insight. I think I'll let these girls know what I found and suggest that they check everything out thoroughly. Sonja Starting: 283 Current: 225 Goal: 150 |
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 Member Since: 01/06/08 [Latest Posts] | Post Date: 3/7/08 9:07 pm 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 |
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 Somewhere In, GA Member Since: 09/10/07 [Latest Posts] | Post Date: 3/7/08 12:32 pm HCG (Human Chorionic Gonadotropin) is different from HGH (Human Growth Hormone). Two totally different things!  |
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Surprise, AZ Member Since: 05/24/06 [Latest Posts] | Post Date: 3/7/08 12:34 pm 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 Sonja Starting: 283 Current: 225 Goal: 150 |
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Surprise, AZ Member Since: 05/24/06 [Latest Posts] | Post Date: 3/7/08 12:39 pm Alright - here's a website I found about HcG, and I'm sure there are many others, in case anyone is interested. http://hcgobesity.org/index.html Sonja Starting: 283 Current: 225 Goal: 150 |
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Somewhere In, GA Member Since: 09/10/07 [Latest Posts] | Post Date: 3/7/08 1:18 pm 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. |
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 Jacksonville, FL Member Since: 07/18/07 [Latest Posts] | Post Date: 3/7/08 8:29 pm Last Edit: 3/7/08 9:03 pm My mom used to do the HCG back in the late 70's, she said they did it at health clubs. She said it worked. It was and still is expensive. I think some celebrities do it now a days and a friend of mine has a friend that lost weight too. I heard it is derived from pregnant pigs urine??? Anyway I hate shots - but I will suffer for the fills since I have a lot of faith in what the lap band can help me do. If I had money to burn I would probably consider it if I did a lot of research and found it safe and effective, but I don't think it will bring long term sucess. As with most 'diets' when you stop doing it the weight and some extra finds it's way back home. *I googled it and it seems it is derived from the urine of pregnant women if that is even true - didn't see anything about pigs. I heard it word of mouth, so could have been a rumor ~Kim |
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 California (08/14/04) Member Since: 01/06/07[Latest Posts] | Post Date: 3/7/08 8:39 pm (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?  LOVE MY BAND!!! -85 pounds.....8/14/04 |
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 Stanwood, WA Member Since: 11/23/99 [Latest Posts] | Post Date: 6/17/09 8:23 pm I had the HCG shots a long time ago when I first went into the military. My mother has always had thyroid trouble and her dr she saw also had a weight loss clinic. I would go take go in weekly for a shot and every month get my suppply of supplements. It worked very well. The diet was pretty much a high protien lo carb. all meat cheese eggs you want. If i could find another dr in my area I would do it again. After my back injury broken back (today I read an article about bypass surgery and broken bones and scares me****pt my weight off until I started having back trouble and could not longer walk without trouble, in pain so bad just like I was when I was at my heaviest and nothing helped. depression set in. now my back is fixex I still have nerve damage. and now suffer from other problems resulting from the injury. I'd give anything for the HCG shots again. they really helped me almost 30 years ago. |
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