It also stimulates production of IGF-1. GH is used as a prescription drug in medicine to treat children's growth disorders and adult growth hormone deficiency. In the United States, it is only available legally from pharmacies, by prescription from a doctor.
Marginal cost is the change in total cost when another unit is produced; average cost is the total cost divided by the number of goods produced. Distinguish between marginal and average costs. The marginal cost is the cost of producing one more unit of a good.
A related concept is marginal cost. Average fixed cost is the total fixed cost per unit of output incurred when a firm engages in short-run production. It can be found in two ways. Because average fixed cost is total fixed cost per unit of output, it can be found by dividing total fixed cost by the quantity of output.