Somatotropin preparations

To date, one of the best pharmacological agents of anabolic and somatotropic action is the drug Somatotropin. Being an analogue of endogenous growth hormone, this polypeptide, consisting of 191 amino acid residues, found its wide application in medicine, as well as in the practice of power sports, in particular, in bodybuilding.

Action of drugs of somatotropin

The drug Somatotropin, obtained by genetic engineering, has the following beneficial effects on the human body:

• Stimulates the growth of bones of the skeleton;
• Promotes an increase in the number and size of muscle cells;
• Activates the synthesis of collagen and chondroitin sulfate;
• Regulates protein metabolism;
• Increases body weight (due to muscle growth and increased density);
• Enhances the secretion of hydroxyproline;
• Prevents the removal of liquid and trace elements;
• Reduces the amount of subcutaneous fat.

The recombinant form of somatotropin is used in clinical practice for the inadequacy of endogenous STH in children, chronic renal failure accompanied by growth disorders, osteoporosis, Shereshevsky-Turner syndrome, severe GH deficiency in adults. In sports practice, the genetically modified polypeptide hormone and Somatropin analogues are used as powerful anabolics that stimulate the growth and proliferation of muscle cells.

Analogs of somatotropin used in sports

Analogues of Somatotropin are preparations containing in their composition the same active substance. This group of pharmacological agents, which have found application in the practice of bodybuilding, includes Ansomon, Jintropin, Higgentropine, Kigtropin, Humatrop, Saizen, Genotropin, Neotropin. To protect themselves from the acquisition of counterfeit products, professionals advise buying products only from trusted suppliers working with official manufacturers of recombinant growth hormone.