Goal: Muscle & GH
Growth hormone boosters
Peptides that prompt your body to release more of its own growth hormone. 8 compounds in this group.
Nudges the body to release more of its own growth hormone.
Raises the body’s own growth hormone; often paired with ipamorelin.
An older medicine that prompts natural growth-hormone release.
A medicine for belly fat in people with HIV; discussed for visceral fat.
A long-acting form of the growth factor IGF-1, discussed for muscle.
An oral pill (not a peptide) that raises growth hormone; known for hunger.
An older growth-hormone-releasing peptide known for strong hunger.
A strong growth-hormone-releasing peptide related to GHRP-6.
How well studied in people
- IpamorelinTested in clinical trials
- CJC-1295Tested in clinical trials
- SermorelinApproved medicine
- TesamorelinApproved medicine
- IGF-1 LR3Animal & lab only
- MK-677 (ibutamoren)Tested in clinical trials
- GHRP-6Small human studies
- HexarelinSmall human studies
About this category
This group acts on the growth-hormone axis: some are GHRH analogues, some are ghrelin mimetics, and one (MK-677) is an oral ghrelin-receptor agonist. Tesamorelin is an approved medicine for a specific HIV-related use; the others are not. People often search how they differ from each other and from injected growth hormone itself.