The treatment of age - related adult growth - hormone deficiency remains controversial even though the literature reports significant benefits from
growth hormone supplementation.
The data we reviewed and our clinical experience support the use of testosterone as a first -
line hormone supplementation in the aging male.
Growth hormone supplementation can result in significant improvements in energy, sense of well - being, along with decreased muscle pain, body fat and signs of aging such as wrinkles.
«Thyroid
hormone supplementation during pregnancy may come with the risk of overtreatment, and even treatment to a high - normal level on thyroid function tests early in pregnancy may not be without risks to the child.
Salivary hormone tests can also tell us, more accurately than ever, how much of an effect
topical hormone supplementations (gels, creams, and patches) are having.
Typical growth
hormone supplementation for an age - related deficiency results in small increases in IGF - 1 that remain in the normal age - matched references range, so risk would not be expected to be different than that for controls.
Controversial issues regarding growth
hormone supplementation include the use of growth hormone as a therapeutic modality for age - related deficiency; the accuracy and necessity of commonly used stimulation testing when considering growth hormone usage in well patients; the need for guidelines for safe and effective treatment; and potential side effects of treatment.
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Although many MDs and other health professionals have recognized the importance of
such hormone supplementation in restoring health, Somers has been criticized for championing the use of bio-identical hormones instead of pharmaceutical treatment.
Although no long - term studies have assessed side effects with low physiologic doses of growth
hormone supplementation in somatopause, the studies we reviewed above have confirmed that low doses, titrated to keep IGF - 1 levels in the upper limit of normal, are safe, well tolerated, and associated with a plethora of clinical benefits.
«The proportion of pregnant women with mild thyroid dysfunction who receive thyroid
hormone supplementation is rapidly increasing, according to European and American surveys,» Korevaar said.
This controversy occurs in all aspects of management, including surgery, use of radioactive iodine for remnant ablation, thyroid
hormone supplementation, and long - term surveillance...
If there is any question about a patient and you wish to re-test, thyroid
hormone supplementation must be discontinued at least 2 months for blood testing to be valid.
At best, cats with bilateral thyroidectomy typically require lifetime thyroid
hormone supplementation (pills).
Because parathyroid and normal thyroid tissue is spared, cats do not have calcium and phosphorus regulation problems, nor do they typically require thyroid
hormone supplementation.
Some horses require thyroid
hormone supplementation to lose weight quickly and prevent founder.
This means hypothyroidism should be identified and treated, but while improvement in weakness etc. may be seen, the laryngeal paralysis will not reverse with thyroid
hormone supplementation.
Less than 5 % of cats become hypothyroid (produce too little thyroid hormone) and require daily thyroid
hormone supplementation.
If this is accompanied by clinical signs such as lethargy, obesity, and poor hair coat, then thyroid -
hormone supplementation may be required.
We have now removed the source of a hormone that the body needs, and so your cat may need to be on thyroid
hormone supplementation.
Thyroid
hormone supplementation is the treatment of choice for this disease and is routinely started at a dose of 0.02 mg / kg administered every 12 hours.
Recent clinical experience suggests that some dogs may respond to lower doses of thyroid
hormone supplementation.
If this is accompanied by clinical signs such as lethargy, obesity, and poor hair coat, then thyroid
hormone supplementation may be required.
There is no evidence that thyroid
hormone supplementation is beneficial in dogs with sick euthyroid syndrome, and it may be detrimental.
Tests that may confirm the diagnosis include measurement of the serum concentrations of total T4, free T4, and TSH; provocative thyroid function tests (eg, TSH stimulation test); thyroid gland imaging; and response to thyroid
hormone supplementation.