Growth hormone medicine - Omnitrope or Zomacton

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Anonymous wrote:Isn’t 15.5 a little too late to start growth hormone?

It depends on bone age. My son (not OP) is also 15.5 but his bone age is just 14, so he has some serious time to grow still. Other boys can be done growing at 15.5.

OP, why did he go off the anastrozole (assuming that's what he was put on to slow the bone age advancement)

That’s a breast cancer drug with nasty side effects, I take it. I hope he only has to take it a short while. And if he complains of side effects hopefully you can take him off and try something else.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, a 15.5 year old boy at 5'3" is going to be in the 10%-25% percentile range, which is within normal range. Are those numbers accurate?

Not the OP, but....

Growth hormone disorder means your child isn't producing enough growth hormone. It doesn't mean they have to be in the third percentile of height. My son has it and until age 12 or so, was 80th-90th percentile in height. Then suddenly stopped growing. He did a stim test, and yes indeed, he doesn't make enough growth hormone. If untreated, he would have ended up around 5'5 or 5'6 probably -- which is where plenty of non-GHD people end up and that's normal, but he "should" end up closer to 6 feet tall given his mid-parental height and where he was on the curve his entire life.

Giving him the growth hormone he lacked is not just to grow the extra inches, but it is important for other facets of health as well, including heart health.

Most kids with growth hormone disorder are extremely short, but not all. Just because OP's kid is 10th-25th percentile does not mean he doesn't have it. I assume he's done the stim test and been officially diagnosed with it. That's really the only way to tell.

You are crazy for giving your kid these drugs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am 5'7" and my husband is 5'8". Based on our height, my son should be 5'10". Please know that I do not need my son to be 5'10". I don't know if people understand but this is mentally hard on him however dumb and immature that sounds. People asking him why he is so small, saying he doesn't eat, making fun of him...all of that adds up So...am I doing this because I need to have a tall son...no, not at all. I am telling him it doesn't matter and all the positive stuff but I cannot control what he hears from family, friends, bullies, etc. People do not stop to think what other people feel when they say stuff...and I'm sure I'm guilty of it too with things I have not gone through.

My son is tall and I totally understand this parent. I think it is hard for short boys. A lot of parents who hate on this sort of treatment tend to have boys medium tall or tall so if a parent is helping their kid then good for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am 5'7" and my husband is 5'8". Based on our height, my son should be 5'10". Please know that I do not need my son to be 5'10". I don't know if people understand but this is mentally hard on him however dumb and immature that sounds. People asking him why he is so small, saying he doesn't eat, making fun of him...all of that adds up So...am I doing this because I need to have a tall son...no, not at all. I am telling him it doesn't matter and all the positive stuff but I cannot control what he hears from family, friends, bullies, etc. People do not stop to think what other people feel when they say stuff...and I'm sure I'm guilty of it too with things I have not gone through.

My son is tall and I totally understand this parent. I think it is hard for short boys. A lot of parents who hate on this sort of treatment tend to have boys medium tall or tall so if a parent is helping their kid then good for them.

I don’t think this os the concern plus the drugs might help add 1 inch?

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Make sure you go to a really good children’s hospital to get any growth hormone infusion.

We had a kid die in our town from a growth hormone infusion that was compounded incorrectly. The kid complained of headaches while getting the infusion. The procedure was stopped, everything checked, and then they pushed forward.

It made national news.

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8:19 poster

In this case both parents were very short which is the norm in their culture. The mother was 4’ something.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't have experience with those two in particular but my understanding is there is little to no difference in efficacy between the different brands. Good luck! I'm sorry insurance denied you. Did your son fail the stim test? If so, why are they still denying coverage? What insurance company do you have?

This is my experience as well.