What happens if an injection is missed?
If it only happens once, you won’t notice much effect. But if you miss an injection every other day, or once a week, or once every two weeks, effects will occur. A child receiving growth hormone will not grow as tall as he or she would have done if they had taken growth hormone every day. In adults, it is also important to take treatment consistently; if treatment stops, symptoms of growth hormone deficiency will return within a matter of months. If you forget an injection, just take the next injection as usual. Do not take a double dose to “catch up.
If it only happens once, you won’t notice much effect. But if you miss an injection every other day, or once a week, or once every two weeks, effects will occur. A child receiving growth hormone will not grow as tall as he or she would have done if they had taken growth hormone every day. In adults, it is also important to take treatment consistently; if treatment stops, symptoms of growth hormone deficiency will return within a matter of months. If you forget an injection, just take the next injection as usual.
