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The human growth hormone was
first used to boost the height of abnormally small children.
There are currently over 400,000 small children who could
meet the requirements for administration of HGH to boost
their height as adults.1 Eli Lilly of Eli Lilly
Co., the creator of Humatrope, a FDA approved human growth
hormone treatment which will make human growth hormone
available to many more short children, performed a double
blind study on the effectiveness of the hormone. The results
showed that 1.5 to 3 inches could safely be added to a
child’s final adult height by using this hormone.1
The time frame for this growth is widely accepted as two
inches per year for a child who has not reached puberty.1
It is clear that injecting human growth hormone into
children with stunted growth can boost their height, and it
is widely accepted as a beneficial treatment for children
with stunted growth.
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1.
Simon, Cecilia. “Big on HGH? Human Growth Hormone Helps
Small Kids Grow, but
Some Call its Wider Use Shortsighted.”
Washington
Post
30 Sept. 2003
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