Effect of Short Term Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone in Healthy Men

Exclusion Criteria

• •Use of anti-diabetic agents, Megace, testosterone or any steroid use within 6 months of the study
• •Use of GH or growth hormone stimulating peptides within six months of starting the study
• •Change in lipid lowering or antihypertensive regimen within 3 months of screening
• •Fasting blood sugar \> 126 mg/dL, SGOT \> 2.5 times ULN, Hgb \< 12.0 g/dL, creatinine \> 1.4 mg/dL
• •Carpal tunnel syndrome
• •Severe chronic illness or active malignancy or history of pituitary malignancy or history of colon cancer
• •For men, history of prostate cancer or evidence of prostate malignancy by PSA \> 5 ng/mL
• •Prior history of hypopituitarism, head irradiation or any other condition known to affect the GH axis
• •Weight \< 110 lbs.