They are in their 50s and 60s and say they have never felt better. They are leaner and more muscular. This is a prescribed drug that you have to inject into yourself two to three times a day. People who have jumped on the anti-aging medicine bandwagon say that HGH has changed their lives.
Critics say that it's a dangerous fraud.
Some take it to live longer and to feel better. In fact, the growth hormone is a cash cow, Gutierrez said. You can buy HGH on the Internet or in health stores. Some products make promises of youth in a spray bottle or in a pill. But Dr. Karlis Ullis, who runs an anti-aging clinic in Santa Monica, Calif., says growth hormone pills and sprays simply do not work.