Thank you PB for taking the time to look that up for me, I couldn't find much either. Ive been having pain in my hip for a few years now, especially laying down when i sleep. I had an X ray a year and a half ago. doctor said it was mild arthritis. shortly after that when I started hitting 4 IU's of Rips the pain went completely away, and stayed away. even after I backed my dosage down to 2 IU's because 4 was too much for the joints in my hands. I was damn happy. I thought WOW this GH really does have some good healing or rejuvenating benefits. Ran out of Rips pain came back after a while so I had another X ray. now they say its severe arthritis. So my concern is how could it go from mild to severe in a year and a half. one doctor said its been going on for at least 10 years, has nothing to do with lifting heavy that its genetics. I don't believe that. So...on GH I have no pain but IM wondering if the GH or AAS has accelerated it from mild to severe.