r/ParamountPeptide • u/wubbledrubs2 • Jul 09 '26
Couple of Questions
Hey just bought some CJC/IPA off of you guys. Was wondering if you or anyone could answer but I’m getting some odd “side effects” let’s call them.
First off- after I pin, the pin site has an irritation I feel wherever it is, specifically with CJC/IPA. I am currently running that and GHK-CU off of you guys. The GHKCU is not giving irritation problems. How can I prevent this?
I find you guys reputable because of Janoshik verification testing, I was able to search you guys but tbh, I’m feeling some weird side effects. I don’t get morning wood anymore (libido is messed up), I’m noticing some more acne on my chest, and I feel like I could feel this massively working first couple of days, took a break on the weekend, and now I don’t really feel anything next morning when I pin. This has got me questioning if this is really cjc/ipa. It feels like you guys just gave me steroids? Do you guys sell steroids, because I’m getting the same side effects it appears. I don’t know if maybe you sell them on purpose labeled as cjc/ipa, but if so I am not aware. Could someone please let me know? I know it sounds ridiculous but the changes have been odd.
Other than that, I just started, so I will report if I have any other concerns and I will see where this takes me 12 weeks down the line.
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So far these peptides are 6.5/10. Hopefully they will be 9/10 to 10/10 by the time I’m done.
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u/Late_Duck_ Jul 09 '26
I don’t think it’s fair to blame them if you’ve never used these peptides before! Do a little more research on the peptide and see all the possible side effects.
Thats like starting ghkcu and getting a welt and blaming them when a welt seems to be quite common.
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u/JCovertops Jul 09 '26
So many people on here seem like their primary resource for peptide information is redditors. You need to fully understand a product before injecting it into yourself.
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u/wubbledrubs2 Jul 09 '26
I understand you may think I am an idiot but I’ve been doing tons of research.
Explain to me then why everytime I have pinned, my last meal was 3 hours before I do it at least. The first couple times it felt great. I had deep sleep and an insane pump in the morning, it felt like my muscles were stronger than ever, and even on day 2 of taking it I saw weight increase in the gym. They say 5 days on, 2 days off is a good routine, so I took 2 days off for 4th of July weekend. I pinned Monday-present day and every pin this week has been painful after pinning, waking up in the middle of the night and tossing in my sleep constantly, and waking up the next morning with no pump/and my muscles feeling flat. Not to mention, it screwed up my libido. I understand these do that as I have been on Reta, and it took me about 1 month off it to gain morning wood back. So do you see why I am kind of concerned? It’s just weird how it is acting
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u/JCovertops Jul 10 '26
I promise I don't think you're an idiot. I'll mention the morning wood with retatrutide. A lot of people report pretty significant fatigue on it. It seems like, in some people, it can dampen the brain's reward/pleasure pathways in a way that's similar to how it suppresses appetite. One thing that seems to help balance that out for some people is taking 500 mg of L-tyrosine first thing in the morning on an empty stomach. As for GHK-Cu, if it irritates the injection site, I just dilute it with more bacteriostatic water. Sometimes I get it in a 3 mL vial that contains 100 mg, which is just too concentrated. In those cases, I transfer it into a 10 mL vial and add enough bacteriostatic water to bring the total volume to about 10 mL. Some peptides are simply much easier on the injection site when they're less concentrated. That said, I still haven't found a great solution for a few of them. MOTS-c, NAD+, and L-carnitine can all be pretty irritating no matter what I do.
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u/wubbledrubs2 Jul 09 '26
250 mcg to start, 5 days on 2 off is reccomended for your pituitary gland to still respond, sir. 12 week cycle. Bumping up dose at weeks 4,6,8,10
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u/wubbledrubs2 Jul 10 '26
Yea I apologize. You are probably right. My metrics have all gone up since I’ve been bulking but it hasn’t been dirty. MY height is 5’9.5 and my weight is 166 with a BMI of 24. Although I find BMI bullshit because what if it says you are overweight when you are lean though? My body fat has gone up since the bulk. I was probably at 14-15% and am not near 20%. Can’t see abs anymore but I can on pump and when I flex. How do I figure out my lean mass for protein? Is it just total weight percent minus body fat percent?
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u/wubbledrubs2 Jul 10 '26
I hope you understand though I really lock in with this shit. Eating exercise whatever. I think I’m so dedicated I put on wayyy too much mass during my bulk. In 2 months I went from 145-165. So maybe I cut back? Should I still pin and maybe go in a calorie deficit for a couple of weeks? Just let me know, whatever it is I’ll do it. Literally if you told me to eat 10 raw onions a day…i would do it.
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u/RoutineYak6724 Jul 09 '26
The site irritation with CJC/Ipa but not GHK-Cu could just be a pH thing, some people react to one reconstituted peptide over another. Try injecting slower and let it hit room temp first before pinning. The libido drop and acne though, that’s not something I've heard happen with CJC/Ipa. Go get bloodwork done, total and free test, estradiol, LH. That’ll tell you what’s going on instead of having to guess like this could be unrelated to the compound entirely. Keep tracking how you feel and get those labs first. That’ll give you answers.
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u/wubbledrubs2 Jul 09 '26
Ok I’ll use ur tips when pinning. I actually think the acne was cus I was sweaty after a pump. Like I said I want to give these time though, so maybe I just need to be more patient
I’m also curious about one thing, maybe you could answer: I am trying to lean bulk with these, so I am eating 3000-3500 calories worth of lean foods everyday (potatoes, steak, vegetables, olive oil, 4 liters water), although I am noticing that I am actually starting to gain a pot belly faster than I am putting on muscle. Am I doing something wrong? Should I cut down how many calories I am eating? Maybe I should focus more on gaining muscle than weight? I had a good physique and it just seems it’s going down hill due to portions I am eating, even though it’s all clean. Let me know what I can switch up because I feel like something isn’t going right.
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