hCG & weight loss

[bonmart]

Where can I find hCG injectable in central TEXAS?

[Pam]

Most doctors are ethical and realize that HCG injections for weight loss were banned by the FDA a long time ago! However, there are some doctors who seem more interested in the money they can make, than they are in what is BEST for their patients!  

Caveat emptor!

Pam

[glad*2*chat]

PAM,
  She DID NOT ASK for an opinion PAM, she asked where she could find HCG.
  Why do you answer if this question has nothing to do with your thoughts or opinions? There is another forum for Fitness & Excercise and another for Nutrition maybe you should go over there.

MEDHELP,
   This is what I am talking about people like this ARE causing problems here. No one asked if HCG is legal or if it is right to use them. They asked where can I find HCG.

[AnotherKatie]

I don't believe Pam is causing any problems.  She is just stating the obvious.

MedHelp has made it very clear they don't want postings such as email addresses, links to other web sites or places to go to get hormones, etc.

[BrookeLing]

Although you seem very knowledgeable, you seem to have left a lot of information out such as: when was HCG ever banned from the FDA? I'm not sure they have ever had a ban on this particular product. In addition could you please inform us of the true scientific side effects, if any that HCG causes.

Testing ones knowledge is always fun isn't it. Thanks in advance, you're the best! :)

[ticked]

go google the information yourself

[Pam]

SINCE YOU ASK FOR PROOF- HERE IT IS FROM THE FDA!

-----------------
In addition to miracle pills with unproven claims, another type of dieter's delusion is still being perpetrated by some diet clinics years after both the FDA and the American Medical Association stated it was useless for weight loss.

This deceptive practice is injection with HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin). HCG is a hormone extracted from urine of pregnant women. It is approved by FDA for treatment of certain problems of the male reproductive system and in stimulating ovulation in women who have had difficulty becoming pregnant. No evidence has been presented, however, to substantiate claims for HCG as a weight-loss aid.

An article in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) in 1974 stated:

"No convincing scientific evidence exists that human chorionic gonadotropin has any pharmacologic effect in weight reduction. Hence, claims to the public that such effects do occur are a misrepresentation of the scientific facts."

FDA requires all labeling and advertising of HCG to state that it has not been demonstrated to be effective in the treatment of obesity. The ads must also state that HCG is not approved by FDA as safe and effective in treatment of obesity of weight control.

Yet the use of HCG for weight loss continues. For instance, advertisements for weight-loss clinics using HCG appeared in the Chicago area in the summer of 1982. The ads included the required disclaimer, but in type much smaller than that used to extol the virtues of the clinics' program.

Judith Willis is editor of FDA's Drug Bulletin, a periodical for health professionals.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FDA CONSUMER
============

[BrookeLing]

The Article makes for very good reading; however, it still doesn’t say anything about being BANNED.  Please read more thoroughly.  A snippet from your text;  “FDA requires all labeling and advertising of HCG to state that it has not been demonstrated to be effective in the treatment of obesity. The ads must also state that HCG is not approved by FDA as safe and effective in treatment of obesity of weight control.”

Has not been Demonstrated to be Effective and Banned are very different.  Looking forward to an intelligent debate!

Your Passion is deep; do you work for slim-fast?

You're still the best :)

[glad*2*chat]

I think she works for the FDA....

She keeps insisting in trusting the FDA...

I want people to google HCG, banned & deaths
& then google FDA, mistakes, banned & deaths

For people who are tired of hearing the same thing from PAM (who keeps answering questions not intended to her opinion)
MEDHELP is finally trying to help us out by creating two separate forums.
I thank them for trying to resolve the issue here.

I think she is one of the ones who doesn't leave the issue alone & keeps on wanting to debate or argue about HCG.

[NickiR]

I would like to know has anyone been able to try hCG for weight loss and what was the results.  I've searched the internet and read what the FDA thinks about it but that doesn't mean that it doesn't work.  Has anyone had success with it?

Nicki

[Looking4Hcg]

Do you think anyone trusts the FDA any longer? With the many books on the shelves now exposing the FDA (Maybe not you personally - but you are nieve if you think your employer is not corupt, corupt, corupt!), I would totally ignore your words!  Your people are in the pockets of the Phamacutical & Food Companies.

[rvpcindi]

I used the hcg shots back in the 70's and lost so much weight so fast ithat it was a miricle.......then I was fine til a messy divorce and follow..which has put me worse than before...so now I am looking to start back on the shots.... for those non-believers...read Kevin Trudeau's book The Weight Loss Cure "They" Don't Want You to Know About.     He explains why the FDA and diet food companies don't want this known......My doctor did all the blood tests for me but I am now in the process of finding the right  place to order the hcg.  SO  for the lady who keeps poo-pooing it and sticking up for the FDA...shame on here without doing her real homework...talk to those of us who used it and lost....Maybe I was lucky back then to have a husband going into the medical field ...one of the doc's who helped get him into medical school gave me the shots at cost.....

[Tesshelby]

Yes, the hcg treatment does work.  I did it some 20 years ago, and lost 29 pounds in a couple of months.  Someone earlier mentioned that it was probably because of being on a low cal diet and drinking lots of water, so why bother with the shots....   The hcg shots were just as important.  I do not know why this method has been taken off the market -- I thought it was still available.  I wish it was, cause after three kids, I need to lose about 15 pounds.  I get tired of doctors telling me "as you get older, your metabolism changes... blah, blah, blah."  I guess it may be true, cause things that I USED to do in order to lose a few pounds (watch what I eat and exercise), don't work anymore.  But the doctors never seem to offer any help, which is frustrating.  Why, exactly, did the FDA pull hcg treatment?