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HGH (Human Growth Hormone)
Description
What is HGH 16 IU (Astera Labs)?
Real growth hormone rather than something that asks your body to make more of its own. 16 IU per vial, ten vials, for a protocol measured in months.
Also sold as somatropin, HGH or human growth hormone.
Recombinant human growth hormone is a 191 amino acid chain, the same sequence your pituitary produces. That matters, because the 191 amino acid form is identical to natural growth hormone and older 192 amino acid material is not. It arrives as a lyophilised powder and is reconstituted before use.
HGH benefits
- Supports lean mass while promoting fat breakdown, which is why it runs through both bulking and cutting
- Improves recovery between sessions and connective tissue repair
- Better sleep quality, which is where a lot of the recovery benefit actually comes from
- Increased bone density over a long run
- 16 IU per vial and ten vials, which covers a long protocol without reordering
HGH dosage
- Beginner
- 1 to 2 IU per day
- Experienced
- 4 to 6 IU per day
- Upper range
- 6 to 8 IU per day
- Frequency
- Split into two injections per day
- Cycle length
- 16 to 24 weeks
- Per vial
- 16 IU
Start at the bottom and hold there for a few weeks before deciding anything. Side effects with growth hormone scale with dose more predictably than results do, so the lowest dose that works is the right dose.
Splitting the daily total into two injections, one of them early morning, keeps levels steadier than a single larger dose. Reconstitute with bacteriostatic water. The reconstitution guide covers the method and the dosage calculator works out how much water to add for the dose you want.
Package content
- Vials
- 10 per box, lyophilised powder
- Per vial
- 16 IU
- Total per box
- 160 IU
- Form
- Lyophilised powder, reconstituted before use
- Origin
- Recombinant, 191 amino acid
- Brand
- Astera Labs
At 4 IU a day one box covers 40 days.
Store below 30°C. Protect from light. Do not freeze. Keep out of reach of children.
Who is HGH for?
People committed to a long run. Growth hormone works over months rather than weeks, and a 16 to 24 week protocol at two injections a day is a real commitment of both money and routine.
If either is in doubt, a peptide like Ipamorelin is a smaller first step. It raises your own growth hormone instead of replacing it. DEUSTROPIN 4/12 is the Deus Medical equivalent at 12 IU per vial.
How to use HGH
Reconstitute with bacteriostatic water and keep the vial refrigerated once mixed. Inject subcutaneously into the abdomen, rotating the site. Split the daily total into two, one of them first thing in the morning.
Frequently asked questions
How long before I see anything?
Longer than almost anything else. Sleep and recovery usually improve inside the first fortnight, but the changes in body composition take three months or more to become obvious.
That is why the protocols are 16 to 24 weeks. Judging growth hormone at week four tells you nothing, and it is the commonest reason people abandon it having spent the money.
What dose should I actually run?
1 to 2 IU a day is a real dose and where everyone should start. 4 to 6 IU is where people running it for body composition tend to settle. Above that the side effects climb faster than the results.
Hold the starting dose for several weeks before moving. There is no benefit to arriving at 6 IU quickly.
Why does it make my hands numb?
Water retention pressing on the nerve in the wrist, which is classic carpal tunnel and the most common complaint at higher doses.
It is dose related and it resolves when you come down. If your hands are numb in the mornings, that is the signal to reduce rather than push on.
Does it affect blood sugar?
Yes, and this is the risk worth taking seriously on a long protocol. Growth hormone opposes insulin, so fasting glucose tends to rise and insulin sensitivity falls.
At 1 to 2 IU it is usually minor. At 6 IU and above over months it is not. Test fasting glucose and HbA1c rather than assuming you are fine.
Is this real HGH or a peptide like Ipamorelin?
Real HGH. It is somatropin, the same 191 amino acid hormone your pituitary makes. You inject the hormone itself, not something that asks your body to make more of its own.
Ipamorelin, GHRP-2, CJC-1295 and MK-677 work differently. They signal your pituitary to release more of its own growth hormone, so they can only go as far as your pituitary allows. With HGH, your level follows the dose you inject. That is why it does more for body composition, and why the side effects follow the dose so closely.
All products are supplied exclusively for research and evaluation purposes and are not positioned as medical treatments or health solutions.
