IGF-1 LR3 for HRT

Training Over 35 Lifter
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I have not been able to find much about this on the web.

When one does IGF-1 LR3, how would IGF-1 blood work be of use? Would blood tests see this the same as natural IGF-1? If blood work not useful, how would one tune the dose?

Any other thoughts on IGF-1 LR3 as an alternative to GH would be great.

I was thinking of 20mcg ED, targeted IM. With breaks to avoid shutting down the GH system completely. Perhaps with one larger amount once a week.

Stats: 58, 155#, 5’10", TT=1025, FT=36.1 (7.2-24), DHT=69(30-85), %BF=15?, E2 probably around 20, thyroid numbers good.

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you might want to look at www.outlawmuscle.com - they will have more info on IGF then we do here…

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Interesting post KSman. I couldn’t find anything on IGF-1 in a HRT application either.

It seems that 40 mg ED for 4 weeks is the lower end for BB use. HRT would be less, of course.

Good luck and let us know what you find.

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For some thoughts on Pituitary shutdown of GH:
http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/87/8/3573

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If you read articles in the journal of endocrinology, they point out that taking 5mg of melatonin 20 minutes prior to lifting increases IGF 1 by about 20%