HIV/AIDS Lipodystrophy
GHRH improves fat distribution/bone metabolism from HIV-related fat accumulation
Published in Blood Weekly, June 23rd, 2005
"Growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) is a potentially appealing strategy to simultaneously improve fat distribution and increase bone turnover in HIV-infected patients.
"We investigated the effects of GHRH (1 mg subcutaneously twice a day over 12 weeks) in 31 HIV-infected men with abdominal fat accumulation (age 46±1 year, body mass index 26.2±0.6 kg/m2) in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study," researchers in the United States report.
"We previously reported...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2005-06-23)
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