Gerovital
Sign in to savethumb|250px|Original presentation of Gerovital Gerovital H3 (or procaine hydrochloride and products known as GH3 and other variants, which may or may not be identical to Gerovital H3) is a preparation developed during the 1950s and promoted by its advocates as an effective anti-aging treatment. In the United States, the FDA bans Gerovital H3 from interstate commerce as an unapproved drug and, since 1982, has prohibited its importation.
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6 sectionsContents
- Development and marketing
- Denouncement
- Effectiveness
- Drug or nutrient?
- FDA ban
- References
thumb|250px|Original presentation of Gerovital Gerovital H3 (or procaine hydrochloride and products known as GH3 and other variants, which may or may not be identical to Gerovital H3) is a preparation developed during the 1950s and promoted by its advocates as an effective anti-aging treatment. In the United States, the FDA bans Gerovital H3 from interstate commerce as an unapproved drug and, since 1982, has prohibited its importation.
Gerovital is promoted with unsupported claims of its curative abilities for a wide range of human ailments; research has found no evidence that it has any health benefit or "anti-aging" properties.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gerovital” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.