IGF-1 level and HGH replacement

[zmurphy]

TLDR: At what level of IGF-1 would you consider adding in a replacement dose of HGH?

I'm almost 40 with a public safety job. I'm beat up. I've been thinking about adding in an HRT dose of 2iu GH to my 150mg TRT. But my last 2 IGF-1's have been 223 and 254 which are towards the top of the reference range. I've seen that a "good" respond to GH is 100ng/ml per 1iu, which is about where I sit naturally. So is there anything to be gained by adding 2-3iu GH? I have no body building aspirations, just the fittest dad at my kids soccer games.

 

[songsofpyramids]

TLDR: At what level of IGF-1 would you consider adding in a replacement dose of HGH?

I'm almost 40 with a public safety job. I'm beat up. I've been thinking about adding in an HRT dose of 2iu GH to my 150mg TRT. But my last 2 IGF-1's have been 223 and 254 which are towards the top of the reference range. I've seen that a "good" respond to GH is 100ng/ml per 1iu, which is about where I sit naturally. So is there anything to be gained by adding 2-3iu GH? I have no body building aspirations, just the fittest dad at my kids soccer games.

You’ve got great natural levels. I’m a little younger than you and mine are lower. Unless you’re a hyper responder you’re going to need 3iu to even notice anything would be my guess. If you’re a poor responder you could be looking at even more. Only way to find out really would be to try it and test and see where you’re at after 6 weeks.

 

[Avies48]

Shit those are decent… mine are 137… a few years older than u

 

[Chips7]

TLDR: At what level of IGF-1 would you consider adding in a replacement dose of HGH?

I'm almost 40 with a public safety job. I'm beat up. I've been thinking about adding in an HRT dose of 2iu GH to my 150mg TRT. But my last 2 IGF-1's have been 223 and 254 which are towards the top of the reference range. I've seen that a "good" respond to GH is 100ng/ml per 1iu, which is about where I sit naturally. So is there anything to be gained by adding 2-3iu GH? I have no body building aspirations, just the fittest dad at my kids soccer games.

my personal opinion is that it costs you nothing to try takes gh at 2iu for 4-6 week and does another blood test.

if your IGF-1 has risen to 400 and you feel good, it may be interesting to continue and adjust the dosage according to your objectives.

but above all come back and tell us the result, it interests me personally.

 

[zmurphy]

Shit those are decent… mine are 137… a few years older than u

Yea, I was pretty surprised to see it that high over multiple tests.

 

[AlexDavis43]

Yeah go for it. I'm mid-40's and am planning to continue using hGH for the foreseeable future.

The old hGH mantra may or many not apply in your case, but it is: use as much as you can afford and tolerate.

If sides are intolerable, lower the dose or discontinue use. hGH isn't for everyone. However, I like it.

 

[AlexDavis43]

I've seen that a "good" respond to GH is 100ng/ml per 1iu

On average yes but based on a million other variables.

Seems to correlate better with lower doses of hGH than higher doses. Guys reporting way lower than 100 ng/mL IGF-1 per IU of GH when hGH dose is in the double digits.

Please take with a grain of salt. I'm literally just writing down random people's hGH doses and their IGF-1 levels. Not much else to go on.