In addition to the Instagram post about growth hormone, I give a list of drugs with my reviews of each. Let's start with recombinant growth hormone drugs. I'll write right away that my words are not a theory, but an excerpt from practice. Perhaps this will be news to someone, but these drugs are used by athletes, from amateurs to those you've seen on TV. The following drugs are (some were) presented on the Ukrainian pharmacy market:
1) Genotropin
2) Jintropin
3) Zomacton
4) Somatin
Of these, the most popular and most expensive (about $ 100-150 for 16 IU) is Genotropin from Pfizer. This assessment is, of course, very subjective, but Genotropin gave more positive effects with a minimum of side effects when using the same dose against the background of other drugs.
I would give second place to Jintropin. Sly Stallone also likes this drug.
Unfortunately, the original Jintropin has disappeared from the Ukrainian market and finding a non-fake is quite problematic.
I would give 3rd place to Zomacton and Somatin. Zomacton is made by Fering, Germany, and Somatin is made by Belaya Tserkov. However, both apparently use the same technologies or materials from China. These drugs sometimes increase intracranial pressure, which I have not seen from the first two. Also, in their case, you need to use larger doses (probably diluted). But domestic Somatin cost pennies, I remember prices of 300 UAH for 4 IU. This covered all its shortcomings. But unfortunately, today it has disappeared from pharmacies for some unknown reason and you can only buy it from someone.
Peptides
All peptides available to us on our Internet are experimental drugs and are not approved for use on humans . Also, most likely they are made only in China. Therefore, the quality leaves much to be desired in some batches and there are many fakes. BUT despite all these facts, people buy and use them. The following peptides are on the market that increase your (!) growth hormone:
— Ipamorelin (Ipamorelin)
— GHRP-6
— Hexarelin (Hexalerin)
— CJC-1295 (somatocrinin)
Of these, Ipamorelin and CJC-1295 give the best effect. Only the first one needs to be bought pegylated. With the prefix PEG. And the second one with the prefix DAC. These are chemical modifications that extend the life of the peptide in the body. Without them, the immune system will simply destroy these peptides thinking that they are peptide poisons.
Speaking of which, such peptides can cause a strong allergic reaction (resembles a wasp sting), so whoever decides to use them - good luck, it's your own risk! GHRP-6 and Hexarelin - I don't recommend them , they can increase prolactin, cortisol, insulin. Which is not good.
Also, if you are a millionaire, you can buy the only official peptide for treating GH deficiency - tesamorelin (trade name Egrifta SV) . One course costs about 4 thousand dollars, if my memory serves me right. It was supposedly invented for HIV patients losing weight, but for people like me it was clear that this was an excuse to make more money. Later, Hollywood stars and other people with money began to use it. They even made a movie on this topic - "Dallas Buyers Club" with my favorite actor Matthew McConaughey .
SARMs
Of the sarms, there are only two representatives here - Ibutamoren (lab code MK-677) and anamorelin (lab code ono-764). Both imitate the state of hunger by interacting through the ghrelin receptor. This causes the secretion of growth hormone. In fact, these are the same peptides in action, but without injections. These drugs cannot be taken every day! There will be addiction and the effect will go away in a week. Drink only between meals. For example, early in the morning an hour and a half before eating. Or during work (ghrelin, the hunger hormone, by the way, a good nootropic). There are fakes. So check.
Epilogue
For a person with growth hormone deficiency, such drugs will not be cheap. There is also a problem in that recombinant growth hormones need to be injected frequently (every day or every other day), peptides less often (every 3-5 days), but there is a problem with the immune reaction. But sarms do not provide a large secretion of GH, so they can only be used to reduce the frequency of injections. Recombinant GH has recently appeared on the Western market, which can be injected once a week ( lonapegsomatropin-tcgd, Ascendis ). I think this is a great option, but so far this drug is not available to the "Indians" from the former CIS and most likely costs a lot of money.
