Tesamorelin boosts natural growth hormone production, helping reduce visceral fat and improve muscle tone
Inject into subcutaneous tissue over the outer hip, avoiding direct injection into tender points
This remains an actively moving area, however: on February 27, 2026, the HHS Secretary publicly announced an intent to move roughly 14 of the 19 Category 2-listed peptides, reportedly including ipamorelin and CJC-1295, back toward Category 1 status, and multiple industry and legal-news outlets reported further FDA action in the following months easing Category 2-related restrictions on this group of peptides
It is the synthetic counterpart to a cartilage-derived polypeptide complex, and is a defined synthetic peptide rather than a tissue extract
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Growth hormone is released at night