Does tesamorelin help build muscle?

Its own trials measured visceral fat and body composition in people with HIV associated lipodystrophy, not muscle building in a general population, and that is what its FDA approval covers. Growth hormone releasing hormone analogues can shift body composition by raising growth hormone and IGF-1, which is a plausible mechanism for muscle effects, but tesamorelin's published human evidence has not measured strength or muscle gain as its outcome.

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