HGH Patches and Topical Creams

There are now HGH skin patches and topical creams and the sellers claim they are the same as, or are better than sublingual (under the tongue) sprays. They want you to believe that you can get the same results with their skin patch or cream that you could get with a sublingual spray, but their patch or cream is much more convenient to take than sprays. This is sales hype.

Legitimate medical patches are used as a way to provide a constant flow of the medication over a long period of time. The pituitary gland naturally releases human growth hormone in rapid spurts at various times throughout the day, it does not release it constantly.

The pituitary gland spurts the HGH into the bloodstream and then the body moves into the phase where the liver takes it in and converts it into growth factors. Giving the pituitary gland constant stimulation to spurt human growth hormone into the bloodstream goes against the body's natural process.

The body uses cycles, it has a certain time to release HGH, a certain time to convert it into growth factors, and a certain time to rest. It does not release it constantly and so wearing a patch that constantly stimulates the pituitary gland is not a smart choice.

We need to observe the body's natural feedback mechanism. The cell receptor sites also need time to rest, they should not be constantly speeded up, and they should not be forced to remain at a constant state of stimulation, which could occur by wearing a patch if that patch was actually effective, because patches are intended to provide a constant flow of the ingredients in the patch while it is worn.

Our products are cycled, and we also recommend they be taken around the times the pituitary gland usually releases growth hormone, which is upon awaking, with exercise or strenuous activity, and at the beginning of deep level sleep.

The optimum therapy is that which is the most similar to what the body does naturally, so I see no medical reason why any type of patch or cream would be better than sublingual sprays that are taken at various times to align with the pituitary gland's natural time of growth hormone release.

As a registered nurse I do not agree that absorption of any human growth hormone supplement through the skin is better than absorption under the tongue.

The sublingual route is better is because the skin under the tongue is very thin and is also very blood rich so the ingredients will reach the bloodstream much more quickly and more completely. The purpose of the skin on the body is to keep things out and to protect what is underneath it.

In the ER when we have a patient with acute angina (chest pain) we place a nitroglycerin tablet under the patient's tongue first, because we know that absorption is very rapid and complete. The skin on the body is much thicker and has less superficial blood access than the sublingual route. Nitroglycerin cream may be placed on the skin of the chest later, because the absorption is slower, but the sublingual route is used in acute phases, when absorption needs to be rapid and complete.

Lisa Wells, RN

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