Gerovital / GH-3 - Caveat lector
Dr. Ana Aslan, director of the Institute of
Geriatrics in Romania, developed Gerovital
(GH-3) in the early 1950s. GH-3 has been hailed
as a miraculous youth formula that combats the
ravages of aging and makes people feel more
energetic and youthful. It is claimed to reverse
the aging process, and to improve thinking and
memory by providing the nutrients needed to
repair damaged cells and membranes.
Procaine hydrochloride can pass through the
damaged membranes of diseased cells. It
increases the cell's consumption of oxygen, and
provides nutrients that help the damaged cells
repair or renew membranes.
Chemically, GH-3, which is an injectable
treatment, is made of procaine hydrochloride
mixed with potassium metabisulfate, disodium
phosphate, and benzoic acid. Procaine breaks
down in the body into PABA (paraminobenzoic
acid), a B vitamin, and DEAE
(diethylaminoethanol), which is chemically
similar to DMAE and is converted in the cells into
choline.
PABA aids the body in blood-cell formation,
protein metabolism, and skin functions. A
deficiency of PABA can cause constipation,
depression, digestive disorders, stress, infertility,
fatigue, gray hair, headaches, and irritability.
PABA stimulates the intestinal bacterial system
to produce the B vitamins folic acid, pantothenic,
and biotin, and vitamin K. PABA is rapidly
disposed of by the liver, so ingesting it alone can
get disappointing results. However, when
combined with the procaine hydrochloride
molecule, PABA is more effective.
DEAE has an antidepressant effect. DEAE
comprises choline and acetylcholine, which
make up important neurotransmitters that
facilitate brain functioning.
Ana Aslan experimented with the rejuvenative
effects of procaine through the late 1940s and
well into the 1950s. Out of this research she
developed an improved formula, in which she
buffered and stabilized the basic procaine
hydrochloride, which she called Gerovital H-3 or
GH-3. Dr. Aslan presented her results from
treatment of more than 2,500 people using GH-3
to the Karlsruhe Therapy Congress. She claimed
GH-3 relieved depression, arthritis, angina
pectoris, and hypertension, produced muscular
vigor, and had a rejuvenative effect at the cellular
level. Her results were confirmed in the l970's on
15,000 people aged 40 to 62.
People taking GH-3 claim relief from a host of
ailments and pains. They say it is an
antidepressant and brain tonic that makes people
more alert and cheerful. It is reported to arrest
aging symptoms, hair loss, graying, wrinkling,
and hardened skin.
Depression in the elderly was researched by an
NIMH team, who concluded that it was c caused
by a buildup of the enzyme monoamine oxidase
(MA0) in the brain. Typically this process begins
around age 45 and continues with age.
Dr. Alfred Sapse, who had interned under Ana
Aslan, showed that GH-3 is an MA0 inhibitor that
gave rapid improvement in depression and
insomnia patients. They also reported a general
improved sense of well-being. Patients with high
cholesterol showed reduced serum cholesterol
after four weeks' treatment. Sapse's results were
replicated at UCLA and Duke University.
Even though numerous impressive studies were
conducted in the United States, Sapse was
frustrated in his many attempts to gain FDA
approval to market GH-3 in the United States as
a treatment for depression and aging.
The Dr. Ana Aslan Institute in Miami, Florida,
provides treatment using Aslan's original formula.
The treatment consists of Gerovital administered
by injection three times a week for four weeks,
followed by a ten-day rest period and another
four-week treatment period. GH-3 also comes in
tablet form. The dose is one tablet a day for
twenty-five days, then no GH-3 for a five-day
"rest" period.
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