Gerovital/Gh3/Procaine?

[soxfan]

hi all,

I have been on gh, norditropin at 2iu ed for the past 2+ years and it has been great. I have just ordered som GH3 and will add it to the mix. Has anyone used it before? I found the following info and it seems interesting.

cheers.

Gerovital-H3® is also known as GH3 or KH3. The principal ingredient is procaine. This is the famous anti-aging drug discovered by Professor Ana Aslan of Romania.

Gerovital-H3® improves cell metabolism and has an effect on many mental and body functions, such as improving concentration and vitality, alleviating joint stiffness, enhancing well-being and acting as an antidepressant, as well as improving skin and hair condition.

It is also known that Gerovital-H3 can help reduce cortisol levels, the hormone responsible for stress and a rare hormone in that it is one of the few that increases with age. It is believed that high-cortisol levels lead to accelerated aging because cortisol “attacks” the hypothalamus, the area of the brain that “controls” the endocrine system. Ironically cortisol may run out-of-control due to its ability to damage the hypothalamus that controls the adrenal glands that produce cortisol!

Gerovital-H3 is also a reversible reducer the brain enzyme MAO (a substance that breaks down neurotransmitters (and increases with age), having a detrimental affect on brain function), thus accounting for Gerovital-H3's antidepressant affects.

Gerovital-H3 is most effective when used over a long period at 100mg to 200mg daily with regular breaks.

 

[lanky]

Procaine is a local anesthetic drug of the amino ester group. It is used primarily to reduce the pain of intramuscular injection of penicillin, and is also used in dentistry. Owing to the ubiquity of the trade name Novocain, procaine is sometimes referred to generically as novocaine or novacaine.

Procaine was first synthesized in 1905, and was the first injectable man-made local anesthetic used. It was created by the German chemist Alfred Einhorn (1857-1917) who gave the chemical the trade name Novocaine, from the Latin 'Novus' (meaning New) plus 'caine' as in "cocaine". It was introduced into medical use by surgeon Heinrich Braun (1862-1934).

Procaine is rarely used today since more effective (and hypoallergenic) alternatives such as lidocaine (xylocaine) exist. Prior to the discovery of procaine, cocaine was the most commonly used local anesthetic. Procaine (like cocaine) has the advantage of constricting blood vessels which reduces bleeding, unlike other local anesthetics like lidocaine; without the euphoric and addictive qualities of cocaine.

Procaine, an ester anesthetic, is metabolized in the plasma by the enzyme pseudocholinesterase through hydrolysis into para-amino benzoic acid (PABA), which is then excreted by the kidneys into the urine. Allergic reactions to procaine are usually not in response to procaine itself, but to PABA. About 1 in 3000 people have an atypical form of pseudocholinesterase, which doesn't hydrolyze ester anesthetics such as procaine, resulting in a prolonged period of high levels of the anesthetic in the blood and increased toxicity.

Procaine is the primary ingredient in the controversial preparation Gerovital H3, which is claimed by its advocates to remedy many effects of aging. The mainstream medical view is that these claims were seriously studied and discredited in the 1960s.

 

[thelion2005]

Both excellent posts with opposite viewpoints.

I'll stick with test and HGH.