Some anti aging clinics pushing this. Any opinions? Apparently supposed to raise IgF higher than real HGh
Hell, id buy normal ghrp2 but who knows whats in that crap. Atleast from a clinic with a doc rx there is some accountability and recourse if the raw was not legit pharma meds
An old post of mine on the subject of a thread we ran in 2007. It's still pertinent:
Sermorelin is a Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analog. "Official" name is GhRF 1-29 NH2-acetate.
I don't have any direct experience with it, but it was originally marketed for children with GH deficiency, including some of the GH-deficiency syndromes that I deal with in my clinical practice. It was withdrawn from the market by the manufacturer because it just couldn't compete with recombinant GH (rHGH).
Paradoxically, it failed in children for the very reason that makes it a better alternative for GH-replacement therapy (GHRT) in adults.
Its effects are regulated at the level of the pituitary gland, stimulating pituitary gene transcription of human growth hormone messenger RNA (hGHmRNA) and thereby increasing pituitary GH reserve. Pituitary recrudescence resulting from Sermorelin helps slow the cascade of hypophyseal hormone failure that occurs with normal aging. It's mode of action helps avoid some of the health concerns of rHGH. Most specifically, tissue exposure to GH released by the pituitary under the influence of sermorelin is "episodic," rather than so-called "square-wave." So what does this mean?
"Square-wave" release refers to what occurs with the pharmacologic presentation of exogenous hormone as a bolus (i.e. one good shot in the old thigh), and is not controlled by normal feedback mechanisms--therefore when one injects standard Chinese-made GH, tissue exposure to elevated GH concentrations is persistent and eventually may lead to tachyphylaxis and reduced efficiency. "Episodic" release prevents tachyphylaxis by mimicking more normal pulsatile release and physiology.
And now for the kicker for anti-aging clinics: Unlike GH, the off-label prescribing of sermorelin is not (yet ) prohibited by federal