Many people are concerned about the side effects of growth hormone. Growth hormone is not a sex hormone, which promotes precocious puberty; nor is growth hormone an adrenocorticotropic hormone, which makes people gain weight and has many side effects. To borrow the words of an old professor of pediatric endocrinology, “The side effects of growth hormone are far less than those of antibacterial drugs (commonly known as anti-inflammatory drugs); however, antibacterial drugs are freely abused by the majority of old white people, who rarely consult their doctors before they start using them.