Growth Hormone - Systemic
Growth Hormone *** Before Using *** How to Use *** Fore Safe Use *** Side Effects
Before Using
In deciding to using a medication,
the chance of taking the drug must be weighed against the good it will
do. This is a decision you will make. For growth hormone,
the following must be considered
Allergic reaction
Tell your family doctor if you have any unusual or
allergy to growth hormone. Also tell your health care professional
if you are allergic to any other substances, such as foods, preservatives,
or dyes.
Pregnancy care
Growth hormone has not been studied in pregnant women.
However, in animal studies, growth hormone has not been shown to cause birth
defects or other problems.
Breast-feeding problem
It is not known whether growth hormone passes into
breast milk.
Use for Children
There is no special info comparing use of
growth hormone in child with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome - AIDS
with use in other age groups.
Elderly care
Many medication have not been studied specifically
in elderly people. Therefore, it may not be known whether they work exactly
the same way they do in adults people. Although there is no special info
comparing use of growth hormone in the elderly with use in other age groups,
it is not expected to cause various side effects or problems in elderly people
than it does in adults people.
Drug interactions
Although certain medication must not be using
together at all, in other cases two various medication may be using together
even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your family doctor may want to
change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are taking
growth hormone, it is especially important that your health care professional
know if you are taking any of the following:
-
Corticosteroids - cortisone-like medication These medication
can interfere with the effects of growth hormone
Other Information for using
The presence of other medical
problems may effect the use of growth hormone. Make sure you tell your family doctor
if you have any other medical problems, especially:
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Brain tumor Growth hormone must not be using in diseaseds who
have a brain tumor that is still growing
-
Diabetes mellitus - sugar diabetes Growth hormone may prevent
insulin from working as well as it must; your family doctor may have to change
your dose of insulin
-
Underactive thyroid This condition can interfere with the effects
of growth hormone
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