When to Take Sermorelin? Is there the best time to take Sermorelin?

Sermorelin is a growth hormone-releasing peptide (GHRP) that is used to treat growth hormone deficiency. It is given via a subcutaneous injection. It works by stimulating the release of growth hormone.

Generally speaking, the best time to administer sermorelin injections is at night, just before bedtime. Let’s explore why that is the case as we also look a little more closely at sermorelin and its uses, benefits, and side effects.

What is Sermorelin?

Sermorelin belongs to a class of long-chain peptides called secretagogues. A secretagogue is a compound that stimulates the production and secretion of other biological compounds, such as hormones, enzymes, or neurotransmitters.

Each secretagogue is chemically specific to receptor sites on the organs or glands it targets. In the case of sermorelin, it is a synthetic drug molecularly identical to the GHRP naturally produced by your body that signals the pituitary gland to produce and release human growth hormone or HGH.

Because of its ability to stimulate HGH production, in some cases of growth hormone deficiency, particularly “adult-onset” or age-related growth hormone deficiency, sermorelin injections can be an alternative therapy to HGH injections.

HGH is an essential hormone, but unfortunately, growth hormone declines as you age. Sermorelin can counteract this decline by increasing your natural production of HGH.

For patients, particularly older men who may be suffering from milder forms of age-related growth hormone deficiency, peptide therapies such as sermorelin injections may be a lower-cost alternative to hormone replacement therapy. Broadly speaking, by stimulating the production of growth hormone, sermorelin injections can provide qualified patients with similar benefits as HGH injections, but sermorelin therapy is less costly per month and has fewer potential risks and side effects than actual growth hormone injections.

Anyone who has been diagnosed by qualified healthcare professionals with a growth hormone deficiency could benefit from sermorelin peptide therapy. However, it is particularly effective in patients who have only a slightly less than normal HGH level for their age. In such patients, the proven ability of sermorelin to increase HGH production is sufficient to return their HGH levels to the normal range.

An HGH test determines your hormone levels. Once your degree of HGH deficiency has been determined, your healthcare professional can discuss which type of growth hormone therapy is right for you: sermorelin injections or HGH injections.

What Is the Best Time of Day to Take Sermorelin?

Generally speaking, most healthcare providers suggest taking sermorelin injections at night just before bedtime. There are two main reasons for this. A known adverse effect of this medication is that it can cause tiredness, so that is one reason why it makes more sense to take it at night than during the day. More importantly, sermorelin is designed to coax your body into making more human growth hormone. Most of your body’s growth hormone production and growth hormone release take place at night, so this is the ideal time to take Sermorelin. Your body operates on a 24-hour internal clock known as the circadian rhythm. It regulates various physiological processes, including hormone secretion, sleep-wake cycles, and metabolism. One hormone directly affected by circadian rhythm is HGH, which follows a distinct pulsatile secretion pattern throughout the day.

Doctors know that HGH secretion follows a nocturnal peak, with most secretion occurring during deep sleep stages, particularly in the early morning hours. This pulsatile release of HGH aligns with the body’s natural circadian rhythm and is believed to be essential for optimal growth, repair, and metabolic processes.

This is why, for most patients, the best time to administer peptide injections is typically in the evening, just before bedtime. In addition to the evidence that indicates sermorelin injections at night can be more effective than in the morning, taking your injection at night can also be more convenient since, just before bed, you are more relaxed and you are not under pressure to take your shot in the morning when you must prepare for work or do other things to start your day.

Despite the evidence and opinions of the experts expressed above, some still advocate taking your injections in the morning. While the studies suggest that taking GH-releasing peptides at night is a better analog to the natural rhythm and release of HGH, some say that taking sermorelin injections in the morning provides them with an early morning boost of energy and increases energy levels throughout the day. This boost can contribute to improved focus, productivity, and overall performance.

Ultimately, it will be between you and your doctor to decide the best time of day or night to take sermorelin. Together, you will decide when is the best time to administer HGH for you based on your particular symptoms, needs, and lifestyle.

How Is Sermorelin Administered?

Sermorelin is given via subcutaneous injection. Only use sermorelin exactly as your doctor or pharmacist instructs you to. Do not self-inject this medicine if you do not fully understand how to give the injection and properly dispose of used needles and syringes. Your prescription for Sermorelin will contain a patient instruction sheet. Read this sheet carefully.

To reconstitute Sermorelin, inject the diluent into the vial of Sermorelin, aiming the liquid against the glass vial wall. Swirl the vial with a GENTLE rotary motion until the contents are dissolved completely. Do not administer Sermorelin if particles are visible in the reconstituted solution or if the reconstituted solution is cloudy.

Sermorelin Therapy Benefits

In patients who qualify, sermorelin therapy can provide many of the same benefits as growth hormone injections. A clinical review of the effectiveness of sermorelin peptide therapy published in 2017 concluded that GHRPs such as sermorelin provide benefits consistent with treating growth hormone deficiency; specifically, they found that “GHRPs decrease reactive oxygen species, enhance antioxidant defenses, and reduce inflammation.” The literature review further concluded that GHRPs like Sermorelin “exhibit a broad safety profile.”

For patients suffering from age-related HGH decline who qualify for peptide therapy, sermorelin injections have been shown to have the following potential benefits:

• Increased physical strength and stamina
• Improved sexual performance and increased sex drive
• Increased lean muscle mass and improved muscle tone
• Improved physical performance
• Weight loss, particularly a reduction of belly fat
• Improved sleep patterns that lead to better sleep quality
• Increased bone density and a decreased risk of osteoporosis.
• Improved immune function.
• Reduction of lines and wrinkles improved skin elasticity.
• Improved overall skin tone.
• Improves focus and mental clarity.
• Improved body composition
• Improved outlook and overall quality of life.

Sermorelin Therapy Side Effects

According to the manufacturer, the most common side effects of Sermorelin are:

• Pain
• Redness or swelling at the place of injection

Some of the potentially severe, though less common, side effects of Sermorelin include:

• Itching

• Trouble in swallowing

• Dizziness

• Flushing

• Headache

• Sleepiness

• Trouble sitting still

See your medication’s insert or the Prescribing Information for a complete list of potential side effects.

Minor side effects can occur with almost any medication. Remember that your prescription for sermorelin will be tailored to meet your health goals and lifestyle. You will be carefully monitored throughout your Sermorelin therapy, so any chance of side effects should be minimal. Tell your doctor if you are experiencing any of these or other side effects while taking Sermorelin.

While individual factors may vary, most of our sermorelin therapy patients go through the course of their months of therapy with few, if any, side effects.

Warnings and Interactions

Before accepting a prescription for Sermorelin, tell your doctor if you:

• Are using insulin

• Are taking pain or arthritis medicine such as aspirin, ibuprofen, or indomethacin

• Are using clonidine (Catapres®), levodopa (Sinemet®), or a steroid such as dexamethasone, prednisolone, prednisone, or Medrol®

• Are using propylthiouracil (PTU) or a growth hormone such as Norditropin® or Humatrope®

• Have you ever had an allergic reaction to Sermorelin

In addition, tell your healthcare provider about any medicines you are taking, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Sermorelin may affect how other medicines work and other medicines may affect how Sermorelin works.

See your medication’s insert or Prescribing Information for a complete list of warnings and potential drug interactions.

How to Get a Prescription for Sermorelin

If you want to experience the anti-aging effects and improved quality of life you can achieve with sermorelin therapy, you must have a prescription from a medical professional. Using this medication without proper medical advice increases the risk of adverse effects.

Like HGH itself, Sermorelin is a controlled substance and is only available with a doctor’s prescription. Furthermore, you will only be prescribed this medication once one of our licensed healthcare providers has determined that you qualify for sermorelin therapy through proper diagnosis and testing.

While you can only buy sermorelin in the US with a doctor’s prescription, getting a prescription for growth hormone peptide therapy from Medzone Clinic is not difficult. You need only follow these few easy steps:

1. Contact us for your initial free consultation.

2. See one of our licensed healthcare providers, either in person or via telemedicine, who specializes in treating the age-related decline of HGH.

3. Have your growth hormone levels checked through appropriate testing.

4. If your results indicate that you would benefit from a prescription for Sermorelin, it will be prescribed for you. You will be able to order it online from our medications for sale page, and your sermorelin injection kit will be delivered right to your home!

Now that you know more about when and how to take Sermorelin, why not Contact Us and see if this or any of our other life-changing hormone therapies is right for you?