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you are 40. So your natural igf-1 wont be that high anymore.
The question is, what is your main goal? Real anabolism?
Or just "pushing your natural igf-1 level to the end of the distribution" meaning getting the fat loss and somewhat anabolism of you when beeing younger?
I know basically 90% of meso memebers are all pro GH. However how many of them have actually run a proper peptide protocoll?
Lets say im on cycle (blasting and cruising) and my goal is building as mich muscle as possible. Well the answer is: take 10-12 IU GH. No question.
Then you can say i want more fatloss, getting to a "young" level. And many people run for this 4-6IU. Now technically even 2IU is FAR over a replacement dosages. But rHGH is a lot different to out natural GH so just somehow translating our pulsative GH pulses in a "total per day dosage" is a stupid, useless oversimplification. Especially because we only look at systemic GH which as i always point out IS NOT what actually is of interest for us. But its the only thing we can messure in this context.
=> Now for this pupose peptides are a valid alternative. Some got higher (systemic!) igf-1 levels with peptides than with 4 IU and 6IU HGH and for me subjevtively it also felt more "anabolic"/ effective. And again see my other comment about a 300 systemic level beeing potentially more anabolic than a 400 level.
The thing is this:
-You may take 6IU and your systemic level.is raised only to the top of the distribution
-You may take Tesamorelin and your systemic igf-1 level may be raised to the 98 or 99 percentile (meaning you are in the top 2 or 1%) as about 30% of the persons treated with Tesamorelin in tge study.
DISCLAIMER: this puts you in the unwanted tissue growth reason like with high disages of GH. Doesnt matter if its GH or igf-1, if your igf-1 surpasses a certain level/standarddeviation you will get unwanted tissuegrowth to some extend over time
(Also be aware that in the study Tesamorelin was used on its own. Adding 600mcg Ipamorelin to the 2mg Tesa will potentiate that)
=>Now, the older you get the less you react to GH and to Peptides
You may react bad to GH and good to peptides or the other way around or bad/good to both.
So the best idea would probably be: Messure your igf-1 lever right now, then take Peptides for 2-3 months and see if you are in the ramge you want to be. If not try tge same with GH.
If you want max. anabolism you go with high dosage of GH however at 40 TRT would probably be the prefered option in that case anyways
(some people also choose 8IU which im my opiniom puts you somewhat in nonmen terrretorium. Systemic igf-1 (whivh is what causes unwanted tissue growth so actually we dont want that at all) wont get raised further at around 6IU to 8IU. So at 8IU most of us will get alle the unwanted tissue growth risks without the additional anabolism at 12 IU (autocrine (intracellular) igf-1 continues to raise even after 6IU) so in my opinion not a good choice).
I hope this helpes a little bit and you arent more confused than before
