Stew Meat said:
Now, I'm sure someone is going to come along and say "I made good gains from serostim..."
M.O.D, I wasn't meaning to step on your toes with that statement... I had already posted the above comment before I read your post about having good results with GH. I did not mean all GH in general, only specifically Serostim...
Here's the article about Serano paying kickbacks... Serostim was found out to be worthless and ineffective at supporting muscle mass. Therefore they had to push their product by financial incentives to doctors who would prescribe it... or at least thats how I understand it.
"Doctors and are being paid a $600 dollars per month “finder’s fee” for each Serostim prescription they refer. This is paid to the “finder” as a kickback. I can tell you from first hand experience that I have been offered this deal, and that several well-known doctors are making extra Mercedes money taking advantage of this extra perk when they write Serostim prescriptions. The reality is that there’s a lot of profit built into each high-ticket Serostim sale. I was taken out to dinner and given all the details about this last summer in an aggressive recruitment effort that’s offered by one of the big pharmacies to people who can have an influence on patient’s decisions.
I was told that I could make lots of money being the “gatekeeper” to their pharmacy for lots of Serostim prescriptions. Of course I couldn’t go along with it because I’d be lying if I told my patients that growth hormone is as anabolic as steroids. While growth hormone may have a place in the total picture, it has very little effect on increasing muscle tissue, and its price is predatory.
During the dinner I learned the names of some well-known doctors and nutritionists who are making lots of extra spending cash with this deal. So next time some advisor or doctor recommends that you start using Serostim and tells you where to fill your prescription, remember, Serostim isn’t a drug to build lean body mass, and your limited insurance money is being eaten up paying for some rich person’s new Lamborghini.
-Stew