A little info about HGH

[Flying Fungi]

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Shank = Shaughnessy

http://www.boston.com/sports/footba...n_matter_hits_home_and_like_safety_hits_hard/

If Harrison hadn't been caught, there would have been no remorseful conference call and no apology. We never would have known about any banned substances and most of us would have enjoyed the blissful ignorance. But he did get caught, and he's forever tainted, and the myth of the perfect Patriot world has been punctured again.

Dan Shaughnessy is a Globe columnist.

 

[scout]

Shank = Shaughnessy

http://www.boston.com/sports/footba...n_matter_hits_home_and_like_safety_hits_hard/

Yea, Shaughnessy is a little dramatic, but he' got to sell copies. On the other hand, we have some members defending Harrison's actions due to him having injuries (he 'slightly' broke the rules). Now, we have a new thread concerning the benefits of HGH and ultimately, it would be a legitimate drug for prescribed usage in the NFL. We wouldn't have this thread if Harrison had not gotten caught. It would have been about other teams cheating players. How many threads do you think we'll see in the future concerning cheating players who are caught with HGH? All I'm saying is, there is a definite home town discount when it involves a local guy. The last thing I want to read is my local sportswriter being ra-ra, take one for the team attitude.

 

[Flying Fungi]

Yea, Shaughnessy is a little dramatic, but he' got to sell copies. On the other hand, we have some members defending Harrison's actions due to him having injuries (he 'slightly' broke the rules). Now, we have a new thread concerning the benefits of HGH and ultimately, it would be a legitimate drug for prescribed usage in the NFL. We wouldn't have this thread if Harrison had not gotten caught. It would have been about other teams cheating players. How many threads do you think we'll see in the future concerning cheating players who are caught with HGH? All I'm saying is, there is a definite home town discount when it involves a local guy. The last thing I want to read is my local sportswriter being ra-ra, take one for the team attitude.

I agree, and I am loathe to have this thread hijacked. Proper applications of HGH seem to be out there, and the science seems to be ahead of its accepted usage. I think that there is a middle ground in which, yes--he made a mistake. But I am willing to forgive him, because the preponderance of his actions are, in my opinion, far greater than this blemish.

Anyone have anymore feelgood stories about HGH?

 

[Box_O_Rocks]

I agree, and I am loathe to have this thread hijacked. Proper applications of HGH seem to be out there, and the science seems to be ahead of its accepted usage. I think that there is a middle ground in which, yes--he made a mistake. But I am willing to forgive him, because the preponderance of his actions are, in my opinion, far greater than this blemish.

Anyone have anymore feelgood stories about HGH?

Most of my feelgood stories involve Black Butte Porter and willing women - I really need to find an alternative medicine practitioner who advocates such extreme therapies.

 

[Siddiqi]

Even though HGH is used to help some people with medical conditions, it should not be taken by people who are healthy such as Rodney. No one really knows the long term ramifications of HGH use because it is a relatively new treatment. Who knows what it will do to your body 20, 30, or 50 years down the road. I'm a chemist so I'm not too knowledgable on what HGH actually does to the body, but what I did learn is that when your body starts to get naturally produced chemicals from outside sources, it stops making them on its own. This is why your testicles shrink if you're a male and you take steroids, because you no longer make testosterone. Perhaps Rodney has already done some damage to his pituary gland by taking HGH, who knows? Bottom line is that you should not take compounds produced by your body if you make sufficient quantities of it.

 

[psychoPat]

Even though HGH is used to help some people with medical conditions, it should not be taken by people who are healthy such as Rodney. No one really knows the long term ramifications of HGH use because it is a relatively new treatment. Who knows what it will do to your body 20, 30, or 50 years down the road. I'm a chemist so I'm not too knowledgable on what HGH actually does to the body, but what I did learn is that when your body starts to get naturally produced chemicals from outside sources, it stops making them on its own. This is why your testicles shrink if you're a male and you take steroids, because you no longer make testosterone. Perhaps Rodney has already done some damage to his pituary gland by taking HGH, who knows? Bottom line is that you should not take compounds produced by your body if you make sufficient quantities of it.

You may be right.
Might you also be wrong?

Rodney, and perhaps many other persons, MIGHT benefit from following your advice.
It is good of you to make that advice freely available to them.
I would advise them to take your advice into consideration.

Beyond that ...
does anything suggest that you are entitled to compel them to follow your advice?
... to forbid them to act on their own judgment contrary to your advice?

 

[Iron Helmet]

You take HGH, your body senses the heightened levels and slows/shuts down natural production. Proven fact. Happens all the time with other stuff as well. Using it in small doses and getting off before you do too much damage is key. My feels is you are better off without it.

 

[solman]

Even though HGH is used to help some people with medical conditions, it should not be taken by people who are healthy such as Rodney. No one really knows the long term ramifications of HGH use because it is a relatively new treatment. Who knows what it will do to your body 20, 30, or 50 years down the road. I'm a chemist so I'm not too knowledgable on what HGH actually does to the body, but what I did learn is that when your body starts to get naturally produced chemicals from outside sources, it stops making them on its own. This is why your testicles shrink if you're a male and you take steroids, because you no longer make testosterone. Perhaps Rodney has already done some damage to his pituary gland by taking HGH, who knows? Bottom line is that you should not take compounds produced by your body if you make sufficient quantities of it.

HGH is not a relatively new treatment. Its first therapeutic use dates to the 1950s. Since then, the debate over its use has focused heavily on its costs. Side effects and questions of efficacy are substantially less serious than many widely prescribed treatments. In no way are the side effects of HGH comparable to those of anabolic steroids.

I'd like to hear why the NFL bans it. Certainly, if the NFL fails to explain its position, the Rodney Harrison incident will serve as a huge advertisement for young athletes to use the stuff (and that includes many fake forms of HGH sold on the black market which could very well be life threatening).