IGF-1 vs. HGH (What is your experience)
IGF-1 vs. HGH (What is your experience)
Why IGF-1 and not GH? Growth hormone actually is a precursor to IGF-1. Growth hormone does not directly cause muscle growth, but indirectly causes muscle growth by signaling the release of IGF-1. Human Growth Hormone (HGH) can be very expensive, and to see muscle growth it needs to be paired with insulin orother anabolic steroids. This makes IGF-1 variants like LR3 and DES, which can be used as a standalone drug, a much more viable option for bodybuilder looking to see solid recovery of damaged tissue and muscle growth.
Dosing and Injections
IGF-1 LR3
IGF-1 LR3 can be taken 7 days a week at a dose of 50-150mcg a day. Desensitization was shown to occur at around 40 days or roughly 4 weeks. Injection sites can be at any muscle group on the body, as it’s not very good at site specific growth.
IGF-1 DES
DES IGF-1 can be dosed at 50-150mcg multiple times a day (prior to training) into specific target areas. since DES has such a short half life (20-30 minutes), desensitization was not noticed at all . Injection sites should be localized; preferably, at the muscle group you want to grow. In simple terms, if you want to grow your biceps, inject IGF-1 DES right into your bicep.
Side Effects
It should be noted that high doses of IGF-1 have been known to cause hypoglycemia, but nowhere near the level of insulin. It is also noted, and highly debated, that IGF-1 was shown to increase tumor size in cancer patients. While this fact may be true in patients with existing cancer, IGF-1 is not the cause of cancer; in fact, our bodies need IGF-1 to regulate heart function, nervous system and brain cell stimulation. People with low IGF-1 levels were found to have low protein counts and low lean body mass, which, in turn, can be equally unhealthy. If you have a headache, you don’t take a whole bottle of Aspirin. Likewise, to guard yourself from making ignorant mistakes, IGF-1 should be administered properly , and never abused.
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This would be all fine and dandy any of us could get our hands on real receptor grade igf-1, except we cant, its impossible, there are legitamiate reserach companies who do sell this but they arent like the ones on our site who know theyre selling to bodybuilders or for people to consume. These companies will only sell to you if you are affiliated with a university lab or other accrediated lab and they actaully want to meet you in person before selling to you, i know i tried to buy alot of it. And not to mention its roughly 400 dollars for 25mcg, so that 50mcg dose per day would cost you about 800 dollars. I believe they wanted about 4000 dollars for 1mg.
Moral of the story is the stuff these peptide companies readily sell to use is whats called media grade, most of the time low purity, it will give a decent pump but not much more. Real igf-1 is like 1000 times more powerful then insulin an everyone knows or has heard the power of insulin. Real igf-1 shits on genetics.
StevebI'm hoping with time the real IGF will become more obtainable.
I got a source for 97% pure , I'm guessing media grade, it's not expensive enough to be receptor grade. But it's all made in a cgmp facility not ordered from China like all these other companies. Been meaning to grab some and try it out I just keep forgetting to do it. Maybe I'll put an order in in the next few days. hit me up in a few weeks and I'll tell you what I think of it if I do end up ordering some.
ive been using very well reviewed igflr3 from another sponsor. it doesnt come in freezedried powder form. its dissolved in acetic acid which keeps it from sticking in the microscopic ridges in the inside of the bottle and keeps it potent for years if frozen. BA wont do this, igf and other igf analogues seem to degrade quite rapidly in BA from what i can gather. can be mixed just before injection with BA because injecting a straight solution of AA, even <10iu still stings like a bitch. the "chemistry" that this certain igf has on the "muscle" is much better than ive found with other igf thats obtainable in freeze dried form.