According to a dissertation from the Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University in Sweden, people making use of growth hormone (GH) in a bid to build solid muscles and enhance performance do not find any benefit.
The fact that GH use brings an instant effect that can be felt by users is not the benefit that steroid users are looking for, as per Dr. Christer Ehrnborg.
From News-Medical.Net:
“Many of those who abuse anabolic steroids regard growth hormone as the Rolls Royce of doping agents: it is significantly more expensive to use than anabolic steroids. There is, however, no scientific evidence that it increases performance when used alone as a doping agent”, says Dr. Christer Ehrnborg.
Christer Ehrnborg has studied 30 well-trained people living in Göteborg. Twenty of these injected large doses of growth hormone each day for a month, while the other 10 believed that they also were receiving growth hormone but received injections of harmless saline solution instead. Tests of the participants’ physical performance on an exercise cycle showed that the participants receiving growth hormone did not perform better than those receiving saline solution.
“It has been a matter of controversy whether growth hormone actually causes an effect or whether it is a matter involving mass psychology. Both our study and studies carried out by others suggest that taking growth hormone will not make you a better athlete”, says Christer Ehrnborg.
The use of growth hormone does not lead to same benefits that are experienced with anabolic steroids. Furthermore, GH abuse can result in severe side effects such as damage to the heart and blood vessels.
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