new HGH and blood tests

[dinko]

I'm on HGH for about 6 weeks. Although I'm happy, I want to change HGH brand (due to cost).
I'm 80kg and I get 4IU (2+2) per day.

In order to test the new HGH, I'm going to:

1) make a blood test of IGF-1
2) start the new HGH with higher dose (5-6IU) for 4-5 days.
3) make a blood test again
4) compare the results.

Is that a safe way to test the quality of the new HGH?
Are 4-5 days enough to rise or lower the IGF number?

Please advice.

Thanks

[JimInAK]

when i first started HGH, i was VERY concerned that what i had was real. i took an IGF-1 test and scored about 158ng/ml, then i took another IGF-1 test AFTER four daily doses. that test only increased my IGF-1 level about 20% to the 190's. that told me that my HGH was real, but didn't give any reading that would accurately measure the strength.

after 30 days, i retested with the same test... everything identical and the test came back at the top of the range, which was 300+. i actually screwed up, because i didn't tell the testing lab that i was doing HGH and they administered a test based on my age (and a range of 0 to 300 ng/ml) and my current IGF-1 level was well above 300 ng/ml.

i'd recommend taking the new HGH for at least 30 days, to be able to tell if there is any significant difference in your numbers... and make sure the testing lab recognizes that you are doing HRT, or you may get back useless information.

[ScotchGuard]

Jim, good feedback.