Can tesamorelin cause water retention?

This site's tesamorelin studies do not measure water retention or swelling. What they do report is deep belly fat in people with HIV. In 412 people at 26 weeks, belly fat fell 15.2%, while it rose 5.0% in people on a dummy shot. Across both large final-stage studies, 806 people pooled, the drug cut deep belly fat by 15.4% more than the dummy shot, with no change in the fat just under the skin. A 20-week study in 152 older adults raised IGF-1 by 117%, staying within the normal range, and measured thinking, not fluid balance. A 61-person liver-fat study found fasting blood sugar and long-term blood sugar (HbA1c) did not differ between groups. Having no counted swelling rate does not prove nobody swells. It proves that this FAQ cannot publish one. This FAQ does not invent a side-effect rate the studies do not contain. New or worse swelling is a question for a clinician. Full record at /compounds/tesamorelin.

Educational use only. This database summarizes published research and is not medical advice. Where a dose appears it is a record of what a trial or clinic ran, or what people describe doing, with its source attached. Nothing here is a recommendation for personal use.

Part of growth hormone secretagogues. Sermorelin, tesamorelin, ipamorelin, CJC-1295, and the rest of the GHRH and ghrelin receptor family.