Almost completed a research cycle with CJC-1295 / ipamorelin blend. Results have been great for sleep, recovery, etc. Expecting to be cycled off for 4-8 weeks. When the next cycle starts I'm debating between researching tesamorelin, tesamorelin/ipamorelin, or another round of CJC-1295/ipamorelin. Can anyone share their experience with these?
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Did a month of Tesa/ipa 10/6 blend. My sleep was much worse than Sermorelin. I dont know if I just wassnt using enough Tesa or enough Ipa as it was hard to find literature on what the right amount is in a blend. Going strictly with the 2mg daily Tesa only dosage the FDA approved is very VERY expensive so the Blend potentially being effective at lower number than pure tesa is attractive. I guess its just still early and hard to find. Here is the protocol I used before I had Reptides I used Grok to find... • Weeks 1-2: Start at 5 units daily → move to 10 units if well tolerated. • Weeks 3-4: 10-15 units (= 367-550 mcg Tesamorelin + 200-300 mcg Ipamorelin). • Later weeks: Continue gradual increases (e.g., toward 20-30+ units) toward common target ranges if desired (often aiming for roughly 1-2 mg Tesamorelin equivalent in full protocols, which would be higher volume here due to the ratio). Stop or reduce if side effects appear.
Thanks for the input. Yeah I have noticed the Tesa price... way more expensive than CJC. Also, need to do some research on the Tesa/Ipa ratio.
I thought Tesla 1mg/ ipa 100mcg was the assumed dose?
I've seen 13 mg/3 mg blends. Not sure if there is a standard. Probably best to be able to customize with separate vials.
I went back to my vial and checked again. It is a 11/6blend NOT 10/6.
Tesa da goat imo. I welt hard from CJC. I ran Tesa + Ipa but the ipa made me welt a bit. Tesa is just such a clean compound imo.
I have a 6/2 Tesa blend I use nightly, just 600mcg Tesa and 200mcg Ipa. That blend bumps my IGF-1 from 110-120 (I'm 55) to 150-160 with the single dose. I combine that with a fasted morning dose (first thing on waking) of HGH, just 1iu and that pushes my IGF-1 up to 180-200, what some consider the longevity sweet spot. When I'm doing a bulk and looking to add muscle, I double both of them and run IFG-1 at about 300. You can obviously go higher if that's your goal but those targets work for me with limited water retention and other sides. If you're younger (or just don't want to get into sourcing HGH) you could probably accomplish the same with the Tesa/Ipa AM and PM. I have read (might have been Dr. Seeds) that Ipa tops out at about 200mcg / dose in most people so, at least some data suggests you dont get much out of going higher. The Rx dose of Tesa is 2mg so, we know you can go higher there but I see more sides. I run that year round, never come off. If the goal is longevity, why would I ever want to take a break from my IGF-1 being in the longevity sweet spot ;-).
You gotta tell me how you have such dialed in knowledge on your IGF-1 levels. At home blood work?
There are no standards. Peptide partners had one for a while that was Tesa/cjc/ipa at some bizarre ratio. It didn’t sell
Gotta use the labs but an IFG-1 pull ordered standalone is $35 from MandM Labs (who I use) and you can get a discount code for a few bucks off. Not something I'm testing all the time but I did use it to dial in over ~3 tests. Takes at lease a week for the IGF-1 to settle in from a dose change so test based on what you're doing now, if you need an adjustment run the adjusted dose for a week or two and test again (I always do am fasted no exercise before and well hydrated so the labs are comparable) and if needed one more adjustment and one final test to validate your result (or just run with it). There can be some variability in the IGF-1 readings for sure but I find if I use the exact same protocol for the tests, they're stable enough to figure out where I am. When I'm bulking and want it higher, I just raise the GH or Secretoguges until I get water retention or any carpal tunnel symptoms then back it off, don't really worry about how high the IGF-1 is, I know it's "higher"