thx9000 said:
Well...take a look:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=7979523&dopt=Abstract
"These data suggest that oral testosterone and oxandrolone are equally effective in the treatment of growth delay in boys with constitutional delay of growth and puberty."
I get the impression that this effect was seen in boy not yet really into puberty, or barely so, and behind the cuve so to speak. So the Var or test only jump-started the normal process that takes place by mid-puberty.
Exactly, this is in a case of constitional
delay of growth and puberty. After pre-determined linear bone growth has been achieved, no further growth will occur once the epiphyses are closed.
Linear growth is facilitated in part by increased cellular protein synthesis. Making either treatment effective for growth ie. TU and
[email protected] and 4.2cm/yr respectively. However ox is ideal because of it's inability to aromatize, but T's estrogen might cause pre-mature closure,hence why the average height of a female is 4-5 inches shoter then average male.Unless aromatase levels are low to non-existent at those ages, but one can witness gyno during those years...prolactin origin?..maybe
After the pubertal phase is complete further linear growth is highly unlikely, whether it's from Test, oxandrolone, or HGH.
However bone enlargement(acromegaly) has been observed with supraphysiological does of exogenous HGH.
Oxandrolone treatment of constitutional short stature in boys during adolescence: effect on linear growth, bone age, pubic hair, and testicular development.
Marti-Henneberg C, Niirianen AK, Rappaport R.
Seventeen constitutionally short boys were studied throughout puberty. Nine received oxandrolone (0.1 mg/kg/day). Treatment was started before onset of puberty. Eight boys served as control subjects. No significant increase in linear growth or skeletal maturation was observed in the treated group. Likewise the peak height velocity was unchanged. Pubic hair developed similarly in both groups in relation to chronologic and skeletal age. The only significant difference was a diminution in testicular volume index during treatment after bone age of 12 years and until bone age of 14 6/12 years.
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