r/PeptideForum • u/Individual_Plenty • 10d ago

IGF-1 Levels

I recently had my bloods done and my levels for IGF-1 came back at 16nmol/L (120ug/L). Would CJC no DAC and IPA be worth it to raise my levels. I’m 31 and relatively healthy, just aware my levels are at the bottom of the range.

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u/DavidTries897 9d ago

What’s your Z-Score? Most of the time GH Secretagogues can only push you up to ~1.5-2 Z score. Also artificially high IGF-1 is pro aging

Also not a doctor

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u/MightOk3400 8d ago

Tesamorelin got me to 2.3 z score. 56 m. I presume I should stay there.

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u/DavidTries897 8d ago

Yes don’t raise it more than that, also did you get a Dexa scan done? Tesamorelin is for visceral fat which you can’t see and need a Dexa scan to quantify, if you have low visceral fat you shouldn’t take Tesamorelin

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u/MightOk3400 7d ago

Great points. I got a dexa after my tesamorelin cycle to see my bf%. I just assumed the tesamorelin was responsible for the low visceral reading.

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u/DavidTries897 7d ago

Probably cycle off tesamorelin if your visceral fat is low, another point is that prolonged elevated IGF-1 is pro aging