Compare · GH secretagogue
GHRP-2 vs Tesamorelin
Both are gh secretagogue compounds. Here's how they line up on the evidence — graded the same way.
| GHRP-2 | Tesamorelin | |
|---|---|---|
| Evidence | Preliminary human | Strong human |
| Class | GH secretagogue | GH secretagogue |
| Summary | GHRP-2 (pralmorelin) provokes a growth hormone pulse. It is an approved diagnostic in Japan, but the human therapeutic and anti-aging evidence is small and old. | Tesamorelin is an FDA-approved GHRH analogue with solid RCT evidence for shrinking visceral fat in HIV-associated lipodystrophy, but little proof outside that group. |
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GHRP-2
GHRP-2 is one of those compounds with a genuine, narrow medical use that has been stretched far past what the evidence supports. In Japan it is an approved diagnostic: a single dose provokes a measurable spike in growth hormone, which helps doctors test for growth hormone deficiency. Online, it is…
Tesamorelin
Tesamorelin, sold as Egrifta, is one of the few peptides in this space with genuine, FDA-grade human evidence behind it. The catch is that the evidence is almost entirely confined to one specific medical population, and a lot of how the compound is marketed elsewhere goes well beyond what those…