Hormones and growth hormone
What do the growth hormone compounds really do?
Growth hormone secretagogues, testosterone support and fertility. An area where the marketing leans on a real hormonal effect and then asserts outcomes that were never measured.
28 compounds studied for this · 4 with three or more human studies cited · 4 with none
Three or more human studies cited 4
The deepest human evidence on this site for this goal. That is a statement about how much has been measured, not about whether it will work for you.
Tesamorelin
4 citedAn FDA-approved GHRH analogue that reduces visceral fat, now also studied for cognition in older adults at Alzheimer's r...
Growth HormoneKisspeptin-10
4 citedA reproductive neuropeptide that triggers the body's own GnRH release, studied for fertility, hypogonadism, and sexual r...
HormoneMK-677
3 citedA non-peptide, orally active ghrelin receptor agonist that raises growth hormone and IGF-1. Completed but did not pass P...
Growth HormoneHexarelin
3 citedA potent synthetic GH-releasing hexapeptide studied for growth hormone release and direct cardioprotective effects.
Growth HormoneOne or two human studies cited 20
Something has been run in people, and it is a thin base. The count is on each card so you can see exactly how thin.
CJC-1295
2 citedA modified GHRH analogue engineered for an extended half-life, promoting sustained growth hormone and IGF-1 release.
Growth HormoneGHRP-2
2 citedA second-generation GH secretagogue approved in Japan as a diagnostic agent, producing strong GH release with less appet...
Growth HormoneOxytocin
2 citedA natural hormone that is FDA-approved for labor and is also studied, with mixed results, for social, bonding, and psych...
HormoneGhrelin
2 citedThe body's own hunger hormone and the natural trigger for growth hormone release, and the template for the entire GHRP p...
Growth HormoneSomatropin
2 citedFDA-approved recombinant human growth hormone used for growth hormone deficiency and several other approved indications.
Growth HormoneHCG
2 citedAn FDA-approved gonadotropin used in fertility and to maintain testicular function and testosterone production in men.
HormoneVasopressin
2 citedThe natural water-retention hormone, FDA-approved as a drug to raise blood pressure in critically ill patients.
HormoneDesmopressin
2 citedAn FDA-approved vasopressin analogue for diabetes insipidus, bedwetting, and certain bleeding disorders.
HormoneOctreotide
2 citedAn FDA-approved long-acting somatostatin analogue used for acromegaly and hormone-secreting tumors.
HormoneTeriparatide
2 citedAn FDA-approved bone-building peptide, a fragment of parathyroid hormone used for severe osteoporosis.
HormoneAbaloparatide
2 citedAn FDA-approved bone-building peptide analogue of parathyroid hormone-related protein for postmenopausal osteoporosis.
HormoneLeuprolide
2 citedA prescription medicine, not a research peptide: a GnRH agonist in clinical use since the 1980s and FDA-approved as Lupr...
HormoneGoserelin
2 citedA prescription medicine, not a research peptide: a GnRH agonist implant approved as Zoladex and in clinical use for deca...
HormoneCetrorelix
2 citedAn FDA-approved GnRH antagonist used in fertility treatment to prevent premature ovulation.
HormoneNavepegritide
2 citedA once-weekly prodrug of C-type natriuretic peptide, FDA-approved in February 2026 for achondroplasia in children aged t...
HormoneIpamorelin
1 citedA selective growth hormone secretagogue and ghrelin receptor agonist that stimulates pulsatile GH release with minimal e...
Growth HormoneSermorelin
1 citedA GHRH fragment historically approved as a diagnostic and pediatric GH agent, now used in compounded anti-aging research...
Growth HormoneGonadorelin
1 citedSynthetic gonadotropin-releasing hormone, historically approved for diagnosis and fertility and now used to preserve tes...
HormoneCalcitonin
1 citedA hormone that lowers blood calcium, FDA-approved (as salmon calcitonin) for osteoporosis, Paget's disease, and high cal...
HormoneEnclomiphene
1 citedThe trans isomer of clomiphene, prescribed off-label through compounding to raise testosterone while preserving sperm pr...
HormoneNo human study cited here 4
Studied in other species or in cell culture, or studied in people for something else entirely. Listed rather than hidden, because knowing a thing has not been tested in a person is the useful part.
GHRP-6
none citedAn early GH secretagogue hexapeptide that strongly stimulates growth hormone and appetite.
Growth HormoneIGF-1 LR3
none citedA long-acting analogue of IGF-1 studied in animal models for muscle growth and tissue repair.
Growth HormoneGHRP-1
none citedAn early synthetic growth hormone releasing peptide, part of the first generation that established the GHRP class.
Growth HormoneSomatostatin
none citedThe natural hormone that switches off growth hormone release; its analogues like octreotide are approved drugs.
Growth HormoneWhat the number counts, exactly
The figure on each card is the number of citations on that compound’s page whose study type is Human. It is counted the same mechanical way for all 192 compounds and you can check any of it by opening the profile and reading the citation list, which is the whole point of publishing a number at all.
It is a count of what we cite, not a claim about how much research exists. A compound with three human studies here may have thirty in the literature, and the honest thing to say is that we have read and listed three. It is also not a quality score: three small open-label studies count the same as three randomised trials, so the tiers tell you how much was measured in people and the page itself tells you how well.