HCG Diet Modes of Administration

Intramuscular injections, subcutaneous injections, sublingual drops, nasal spray or transdermal ointment are the ways that the HCG Diet can be administered.

The best and most predictable are as follows:

  1. Intramuscular injections (IM): the best! But also most painful and most dangerous. We don’t generally prescribe IM injections because they hurt and if the patient is careless there is a possibility that they may nic an artery or vein and cause significant swelling and bruising. Only a nurse or other healthcare provider should administer IM injections.
  2. Subcutaneous injections (SQ): this is what we use for 99% of patients. Why? Because they don’t hurt and the medication absorption is extremely predictable. The big benefit of the HCG Diet is that people are not hungry on the diet. When the administration of medication is unpredictable people have waves of hunger.
  3. Nasal spray is the next best. It absorbs quickly but has a short life in the system; requiring numerous doses a day leading frequently to missed and over dosages. With seasonal allergies absorption is hindered.
  4. Sublingual drops by far the most popular with those looking to avoid the expense and inconvenience of getting a prescription. Very unpredictable, poor absorption. Frequent bouts of hunger. We had one patient who unwittingly purchased fake HCG drop via the Internet and lost 20 pounds. Not because of HCG! She was hospitalized with a systemic infection from buying sewage tainted water or something worse.
  5. Transdermal ointment is the least effective of all administrative methods for the HCG Diet

 

Since 1975, the FDA has required labeling and advertising of HCG to state:

“HCG has not been demonstrated to be effective adjunctive therapy in the treatment of obesity. There is no substantial evidence that it increases weight loss beyond that resulting from caloric restriction, that it causes a more attractive or "normal" distribution of fat, or that it decreases the hunger and discomfort associated with calorie-restricted diets.”

This does not mean its not safe, nor does it mean its not effective. What it means is that there are no double blind clinical studies that have been reported in peer reviewed clinical journals supporting the use of HCG as a dietary aid. You should talk to people who have done the diet and consult your physician.

NOTICE: ALL WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN PREGNANT & ALL MEN WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH PUBERTY HAVE HAD HCG IN THEIR BODY AT FAR HIGHER LEVELS THAN THOSE TAKING HCG AS PART OF THE HCG DIET.

Past side effects, although minor, were reported by patients taking HCG at 50-70 times the dosage prescribed for the HCG Diet (10,000 I.U.'s prescribed for increased ovulation vs 125-200 I.U.s prescribed for HCG Diet); we are not aware of any side effects reported from taking HCG for the diet. All past side effects from taking high dosage HCG were similar to symptoms that many women typically experience during pregnancy, such as delayed, shortened or prolonged menstual cycles or minor cramping.

These statements have NOT been reviewed by the FDA.

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