In menopausal women, transdermal 17-beta estradiol increased the growth hormone response to a GHRH-1-29 stimulus in proportion to treatment time.
In plain wordsIn menopausal women, estradiol patches raised the growth hormone response to a GHRH test dose. GHRH was only the test.
- Peptide
- Sermorelin
- Outcome
- IncreaseGH response to GHRH-1-29 stimulus after transdermal estradiol
- Study
n = 5
- Comparator
- Baseline before estrogen therapy
- Outcome group
- Growth hormone and IGF-1 · Endocrine and hormones
Source sentences
but it does increase the magnitude of response to the stimulus with GH-RH-1-29 proportional to the time of treatment.
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
2.74 +/- o 1.21; 3.48 +/- 1.32 (p > 0.05) 4.91 +/- 1.57 (p < 0.05) and 6.04 +/- 1.69 (p < 0.05) (p in relation to baseline) post stimulus with GH-RH-1-29 at baseline 1, 3 and 6 months respectively after transdermal estrogen therapy.
We studied 5 patients with a mean age of 51 +/- 4.1 yr. with clinical and biochemical evidence of menopause.
We monitored the pulsatility of GH during the first 120 minutes and 3 hours after the administration of the GHRH-1-29-NH2, i.v. bolus (50 micrograms).
In this study, Sermorelin was a lab tool or a carrier, part of a mix, or the subject of a lab method. This result is not evidence about taking Sermorelin.