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I am getting some conflicting info on the net. The newb stickies say the following about HCG:
"This does nothing with regard to inhibition of the hypothalamus and pituitary. Rather it acts like LH, and causes the testicles to produce testosterone just as if LH were present."
Now on another site, bigcat wrote this:
"The downside is that HCG too is suppressive of natural testosterone. Because it takes the place of LH. LH is not the first step in the chain of command, instead its manufactured in the pituitary under the response of Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) which is secreted from the hypothalamus. And since an LH mimicking agent is supplied exogenously, the negative feedback signal to the hypothalamus will still tell it to stop making GnRH, and so no natural LH is produced."
Maybe I am just not understanding this right, but does HCG cause suppression of of hypothalmus or pituitary hormones such as LH, GnRH, or others? thanks
"This does nothing with regard to inhibition of the hypothalamus and pituitary. Rather it acts like LH, and causes the testicles to produce testosterone just as if LH were present."
Now on another site, bigcat wrote this:
"The downside is that HCG too is suppressive of natural testosterone. Because it takes the place of LH. LH is not the first step in the chain of command, instead its manufactured in the pituitary under the response of Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) which is secreted from the hypothalamus. And since an LH mimicking agent is supplied exogenously, the negative feedback signal to the hypothalamus will still tell it to stop making GnRH, and so no natural LH is produced."
Maybe I am just not understanding this right, but does HCG cause suppression of of hypothalmus or pituitary hormones such as LH, GnRH, or others? thanks
