Human growth hormone

There is a trend in sports now for many athletes to use performance enhancing drugs. Depending upon the sport and the level/venue that it is in, certain drugs are allowed and some are not. To further complicate the issue, there are instances where a physician may actually legally prescribe certain things for an athlete providing the athlete needs it for medical purposes.

One example of this would be human growth hormone. This may be necessary for proper rehabilitation following a sports related injury. However, if the athlete does not disclose this information prior to testing positive for the substance, there will always be an automatic suspicion that the athlete used it as a performance enhancer.

I am not really sure what repercussions may be in store for a user of the human growth hormone but I would say one should be cautious if considering using it as a means to enhance their performance in a sport as there is always the possibility of long-term carcinogenic effects which may not be profoundly evident in the acute stages of consumption.