Start then stop GHT

[Guest guest]

I have a crazy question:

Hypothetical situation: Let's say we start with the GHT for our 3 year old, then

after a year decide it was not the right decision and choose to stop. Does

something happen to the body's own natural ability to produce GH if you start

giving it artificially? (Our son is not GHD, but a RSS child believed to have

night time GH release problems). Are there other things to consider?

A related question: Why is there such strictness with not missing a dose? Does

missing a dose merely make the body grow less fast, or are there medical

implications? What is the harm in taking a break for a week and then coming

back to it? (I'm sure this has been answered here, so I apologize for the repeat

question).

Thanks

Katy

Mom to , RSS, 35.5 " , 27pounds, Periactin, Zantac

[Guest guest]

Hi Katy,

I don't think I've seen this question on the listserve! We only just

started growth hormone for Ross and maybe another parent whose child has

been on GH a lot longer can answer your questions better than I can (Jodi??,

??). From the informatoin that we have been given about growth hormone

and the research that we have done ourselves, it does not alter the body's

own natural ability to produce growth hormone, so stopping it at any given

point wouldn't " hurt " your child. We had questions about taking a break or

skipping a dose the other day at our teaching session. We were told that

the only problem with taking a break is that the growth potential is

diminished. If you only take the GH for a couple of days a week or if you

take it sporadically, it will never be known how much more growth a child

would have gotten if they had taken it every day. So yes, it will make the

body grow less fast. There are no medical implications for not taking it

every day (please, someone correct me if I am wrong).

Dennise

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>I have a crazy question:

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>Hypothetical situation: Let's say we start with the GHT for our 3 year old,

then

>after a year decide it was not the right decision and choose to stop. Does

>something happen to the body's own natural ability to produce GH if you

start

>giving it artificially? (Our son is not GHD, but a RSS child believed to

have

>night time GH release problems). Are there other things to consider?

>

>A related question: Why is there such strictness with not missing a dose?

Does

>missing a dose merely make the body grow less fast, or are there medical

>implications? What is the harm in taking a break for a week and then

coming

>back to it? (I'm sure this has been answered here, so I apologize for the

repeat

>question).

>

>Thanks

>Katy

>Mom to , RSS, 35.5 " , 27pounds, Periactin, Zantac

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