Following is an excerpt from The American Academy of Anti Aging Medicine response to the recent article in The Journal of The American Medical Association, criticizing the use of Human Growth Hormone in Anti Aging Medicine. A complete version of this response is available for viewing here.
A recently published JAMA Commentary purported to address the legality of Human Growth Hormone (hGH, GH) treatment by physicians for growth hormone deficient (GHD) patients. The commentary was filled with incorrect, misplaced references and studies, and multiple basic scientific errors, in an apparent attempt to damage the Anti-Aging medical profession and the physicians practicing solid, evidence-based medical healthcare focused on improving patients' quality of life. The authors selected self-serving studies, in which they failed to qualify the conclusions in an effort to bolster their disinformation campaign. They wrongfully intermingled internet sales of homeopathic pseudo "GH" sprays, amino acids, and sports nutritional over the counter products in order to inflate their misleading claims suggesting an illegal diversion of hGH by physicians and pharmacies, implying a black market in FDA approved prescription injectable hGH for hormone replacement treatments by anti-aging physicians where none exists.