I've been looking for info on GH here and elsewhere, and noticed your post under the Aug 23 "hgh for women" thread. I have a couple of questions (for you or any others with GH experience):

What did you use, Serostim or Humatrope? Did it have to be re-constituted?

How did you manage to measure out 1iu doses? How did you store the stuff?

I noticed the info on Serostim from Serono labs says to wait no longer than 24hrs after re-constiution before using the stuff. However, sources tell me this is BS; that Serono just likes to see people waste the stuff.

According to an anti-aging doctor I know the 24 hour limit is due to the high doses normally prescribed to AIDS patients. They reconstitute and use 1 18 iu bottle/day. (notice how there are 7 vials in each kit and 7 days in a week). This topic is controversial as I haven't been able to get solid evidence that using the water that comes with it would be okay for a week or so. We just took a chance and used each bottle within a few days after "hearing" from a few people that it would be fine.

Once the Serostim kits are reconsituted they must be stored in the refrigerator.

So the bacteriostatic water acts as a preservative? And bac. stat. water is not the same H2O as the H2O included with the kits, right? Is it considered common knowledge that bac. stat. water + refrigeration is effective for preserving re-constituted HGH for a week?

Is there somewhere you can buy bac. stat. water? If you have to get it from a blackmarket source, how do you know it's genuine bac. stat. water?

>Benzyl alcohol is the standard preservative used for bacterioatatic water in Growth kits so it obviously isn't harmful to the GH.

You have me confused here. The growth kits contain STERILE WATER, right? Not bacteriostatic water. I'm pretty sure I can get benzyl alchohol, so I could just add ben. alc. to the water included in the kit? Or would it be impossible to measure out such a tiny amount of ben. alc.?

Pronunciation (HYU man grothe HOR mone)

Brand Names Genotropin� Injection; Humatrope� Injection; Norditropin� Injection; Nutropin� AQ Injection;
Nutropin� Injection; Protropin� Injection; Saizen� Injection; Serostim� Injection

Synonyms Growth Hormone; Somatrem; Somatropin

Contraindications Closed epiphyses, known hypersensitivity to drug, benzyl alcohol (somatrem), or m-Cresol
or glycerin (somatropin); progression of any underlying intracranial lesion or actively growing intracranial tumor

Warnings/Precautions Use with caution in patients with diabetes; when administering to newborns,
reconstitute with sterile water for injection

Stability

Somatrem (Protropin�): Store vials at 2�C to 8�C/36�F to 46�F; reconstitute each 5 mg vial with 1-5 mL of
bacteriostatic water for injection; use reconstituted vials within 7 days; avoid freezing

Somatropin (Humatrope�/Nutropin�): Store vials at 2�C to 8�C/36�C to 46�F; avoid freezing; reconstitute each
5 mg vial with 1-5 mL of bacteriostatic water for injection; use reconstituted vials within 14 days; avoid freezing

Dosage Forms Powder for injection (lyophilized):

Somatropin:

Genotropin�: 1.5 mg ~4.5 units (5 mL); 5.8 mg ~17.4 units (5
mL)

Humatrope�: 5 mg ~15 units

Norditropin�: 4 mg ~12 units; 8 mg ~24 units

Nutropin�: 5 mg ~15 units (10 mL); 10 mg ~30 units (10 mL)

Nutropin� AQ: 10 mg ~30 units (2 mL)

Saizen� (rDNA origin): 5 mg ~15 units

Serostim�: 5 mg ~15 units (5 mL); 6 mg ~18 units (5 mL)

The only reason I'm being so fussy about this info. is that, as everyone knows, HGH costs many $$$.

It's interesting that Somatrem and Somatropin have longer reconstituted shelf lives, but are supposed to be stored (unreconstituted, I assume) at only 36-46 F. Serostim can be stored, unreconstituted, at up to 86 F, if I remember right.

I think this differs by state. Some people have luck buying syringes no problem, while in my state they won't sell them without a prescription!

Does anyone have an online site where you can actually purchase this legitimately?