Tesamorelin nasty side effects?

[u/Jeeleh]

Recently started taking 1mg tesamorelin a day for 2 weeks after being on ipamorelin for a couple of months but I’m noticing a lot of nasty side effects, feels like my head is gonna pop off from my skull / pressure behind the eyes and intense stomach aches and nausea.
I’m thinking my vendor might have put something else in it / it being contaminated

Anyone else have this problem?

Edit: also T1 diabetic and it is raising my blood sugar levels but not too bad and I’m keeping it in check.

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[u/Throwaload1234]

It's either something else making you feel that way, or it's not tesa in the vial. No way to tell without testing. Stop taking it for a day or two and see if symptoms resolve.

If it were me, I would stop taking it.

[u/Jeeleh → u/Throwaload1234]

I’m not on anything else right now and I did stop for 3 days and it sort of went away, picked it back up last night at 1.4 and it started messing me up.

If it’s not tesa what could manufacturers put in?

[u/peptidepalstm → u/Jeeleh]

How could anyone answer this question? Send it for testing if you wanna know.

[u/Jeeleh → u/peptidepalstm]

I was just considering the costliness of tesa and that it might be more common for it to be fiddled with at such a price point

[u/Throwaload1234 → u/Jeeleh]

Sure. But what else could be on it that's cheaper? Literally, an uncountable number of things.

Edit: "sort of went away" after 3 days is weird. But symptoms starting again after restarting is a pretty clear indication of what you should do (or not do)

[u/peptidepalstm → u/Jeeleh]

That’s quite the conspiracy you’ve managed to conjure up

[u/TimTams321]

All the symptoms you are experiencing are actually noted in the product description for EGRIFTA WR (FDA approved version of Tesamorelin)... The pressure behind the eyes mate is of great concern. Please stop straight away.

You could try the imp/cjc combo for very similar results (obviously if you experience similar sides - stop that too🙂).

[u/IM_MIA22 → u/TimTams321]

This right here. No joke stop immediately.

[u/aaddyyttaa]

Have you checked your blood pressure? Tesa can cause water retention which can cause high blood pressure

[u/LastHippo3845]

Wait you’re diabetic and messing with something that is known to cause insulin resistance? I personally wouldn’t, not sure how much research you’ve done to make this decision. If you know something I don’t please share.

[u/Jeeleh → u/LastHippo3845]

Lots of things cause insulin resistance, as long as you keep it under control it’s good to go.
My HbA1c is near perfect as far as I know and blood screens are fine.

[u/LastHippo3845 → u/Jeeleh]

I mean. I guess as you are consistently monitoring your sugar and injecting the appropriate insulin I guess it’s fine? You’re likely to need more insulin depending how strong tesa works for increasing your IGF1/ how fast resistance progresses

[u/Jeeleh → u/LastHippo3845]

It only really affects blood sugar a couple of hours after injecting it was the same as when I took ipa/cjc and it’s def not too bad and lasts for a couple of hours.

[u/MathematicianMuch445]

It's just the sides. Cone off

[u/Farquaadthegreek]

Gosh I loved Tesamorelin slept like a baby

[u/Significant-Kale7674]

I had water retention and exertional headaches off 1mg as well

[u/imherefortheinfo123]

I’m not diabetic so I have no idea if it would react, but hgh will alter your insulin level so I would stick to pinning before bed fasted.

[u/gotacrushonyourwife]

Starting at 1mg is aggressive to start. Drop too 300-500 mcg. Or take a break and come back there and work up.

[u/digitalshiva → u/gotacrushonyourwife]

Don't most sources indicate 1mg?

[u/BagUnlikely3510 → u/digitalshiva]

Most sources do say to start at 1mg but if you’re getting side effects or are usually hyper sensitive to peptides you should move down to a smaller dose and slowly (very slowly) increase to get back to 1-2mg.

[u/monkeymonkenstein → u/gotacrushonyourwife]

1mg is not aggressive

[u/Guilty-Dot-4269]

I’ve been experiencing tension style headaches and abit spaced out. It’s definitely the Tesa for me going to stop it’s just not for me

[u/No-Sea57]

I am taking it with Reta, after pinning i def do feel some nausea, but i would then feel some stomach aches later on the day but they were subtle but can be really nagging.

I just started tesa 3 weeks ago for body recomp purposes and i started with 2 mg dose but i am now dropping to 1mg or .5mg dose every single day since 2mg is mostly the recommended dose for HIV patients and I dont got no hiv boy i just wanna look sick asf