Growth hormone in adults: indications and implications

Hosp Pract (1995). 1997 Jan 15;32(1):79-86, 90-1, 95-6. doi: 10.1080/21548331.1997.11443405.

Abstract

Adults with hypopituitarism and documented growth hormone deficiency are now eligible for replacement therapy. What are the guidelines for diagnosis and treatment? More broadly, what are the implications for other adults with hyposomatotropism-namely, the elderly? And is there a therapeutic role for the hormone in patients with disease states such as osteoporosis, heart failure, and acute catabolic illness?

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aging / drug effects
  • Aging / physiology
  • Cardiomyopathies / drug therapy
  • Female
  • Growth Disorders / drug therapy
  • Human Growth Hormone / adverse effects
  • Human Growth Hormone / deficiency
  • Human Growth Hormone / pharmacology
  • Human Growth Hormone / physiology
  • Human Growth Hormone / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / deficiency
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / physiology
  • Male
  • Osteoporosis / drug therapy

Substances

  • Human Growth Hormone
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor I