Peptide therapy involves the use of amino acid chains to promote hormone production and balance hormones in the body. Peptides can be used to stimulate the production of human growth hormone, testosterone, and other vital hormones that tend to decline with age.
At the Renew Hormone Clinic in Roseville, we offer cutting-edge peptide injections to help patients optimize their hormone levels. Maintaining proper hormone balance is essential for health, vitality and an overall sense of wellbeing. Our experienced practitioners develop customized peptide protocols designed to meet each patient's unique needs and health goals.
Peptides are short chains of amino acids that act as signaling molecules in the body. They tell cells to perform certain functions and regulate how the body responds. Some peptides have an effect similar to hormones. Others stimulate the production of vital hormones the body needs.
There are many types of peptides, each with specific effects and indications for use:
Some benefits that patients commonly see with properly administered peptide injections include:
The specific benefits depend on the type of peptide used, along with diet and lifestyle factors. Our clinic will determine your peptide protocol based on lab testing and your wellness priorities.
Maintaining optimal hormone levels becomes especially important as we age. Declining hormones contribute to unwanted weight gain, loss of strength, low energy, sexual dysfunction, and reduced immunity.
Peptide therapy can help counteract many natural effects of aging by signaling your body to produce more of its own growth factors and hormones.
When combined with a healthy diet and active lifestyle, peptides offer an extremely helpful way to regain your vitality. Treatment is safe for both men and women.
If you’re considering peptide therapy or learning about it for the first time, you probably have some basic questions. Here we’ll cover the basics of how peptide injections work and what to expect as a patient.
At our Roseville clinic, peptides are injected subcutaneously using an insulin syringe. That means we inject just beneath the top layer of skin, into the fat layer.
This method allows the peptides to enter the bloodstream steadily, providing consistent hormonal stimulation day and night. Subcutaneous injections are easy to administer at home once we train you. They cause minimal discomfort relative to intramuscular shots.
Some clinics offer oral peptides, nasal sprays, or cream formulas. However, injections tend to be most effective because they avoid degradation that occurs when peptides pass through the gut and liver. Peptides are too large to absorb efficiently when inhaled or applied through the skin.
During your intake exam, we determine the most appropriate peptides, dose, and injection schedule based on your labs and objectives. After preparing and teaching you how to do the injections properly, most patients are able to follow their peptide protocols independently at home.
If you require help with administering your shots, ancillary services through our clinic may be available. Please (/contact) for more details.
Beginning a new peptide protocol involves a few simple steps:
It’s vital to follow the injection schedule and dosage guidelines closely rather than arbitrarily increasing dose on your own. More is often not better with peptides!
Working together with our practitioners at Renew Hormone Clinic, most members achieve outstanding, life-changing results from therapeutically administered peptides.
As an advanced hormone clinic, getting your foundational hormones balanced through testosterone replacement (TRT) and/or estrogen modulation is the first step we focus on. Optimizing these key hormones paves the way for outstanding response to targeted peptide therapy.
Testosterone is essential for health and vitality in both men and women. Though it’s mistakenly considered a “male” hormone, women also need testosterone to thrive. As we age, testosterone deficiency becomes increasingly common in both sexes due to lifestyle factors, chronic stress, toxins and naturally declining production.
Symptoms of Low T include:
If clinically low testosterone is identified through testing, we can restore optimal levels through testosterone replacement therapy (TRT). Formulations include gels/creams, oral capsules, subcutaneous pellets, or weekly/bi-weekly injections. Pellet implants provide the most stable long-term testosterone delivery.
Benefits of properly managed testosterone replacement are profound, enabling patients to regain vigor, build strong functional physiques, sharpen mental acuity, and fully enjoy their lives again.
As experts in testosterone optimization protocols for more than 15 years, Renew Hormone Clinic prescribes bioidentical testosterone including Testopel pellets for both men and women. Clomiphene citrate, an oral medication, also stimulates natural testosterone production in some patients. We never use synthetic steroids.
Two of the most popular and effective peptides we recommend are sermorelin and ipamorelin. These growth hormone secretagogues prompt your own pituitary gland to produce more hGH and IGF-1 to achieve anti-aging benefits.
As we pass age 30, human growth hormone levels steadily decline. This contributes significantly to unwanted metabolic changes like increased body fat, decreased muscle mass and bone density, reduced injury healing, and declining energy levels.
Maintaining healthy hGH and IGF-1 levels through middle age and beyond plays a pivotal role in fighting age-related disease, preserving fitness, and retaining a youthful physique. Sermorelin and ipamorelin offer a safe way to restore optimal growth hormone status.
Suggested uses for sermorelin and ipamorelin may include:
Protocols are personalized based on your hormone blood testing and health objectives. Keep reading for more details on these highly versatile peptides...
Discovered in the late 1970s, sermorelin was the first growth hormone releasing hormone analogue (GHRH) used clinically to elevate falling hGH levels in deficient adults. Also sold under the names GRF 1-29 and Tesamorelin, it remains popular due to impressive safety profile and efficacy.
This 29 amino acid peptide is a partial sequence of growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH) made naturally in your brain. As we age, declining GHRH hormone secretion from the hypothalamus causes growth hormone levels to drop.
Sermorelin stimulates your pituitary gland to release stored growth hormone, increasing IGF-1 and IGF-1 levels that cascade through your body. IGF-1 production is very important because as the name implies, it’s one of your body’s key growth factors.
Sermorelin’s effects are physiologic, meaning it encourages your body to produce more of its own natural growth hormone, as opposed to injecting external hGH like that harvested from human cadavers. The latter can suppress your pituitary long-term.
Rather than directly introducing hGH into the bloodstream, sermorelin magnifies your body’s normal processes using your own feedback loops. This means you retain healthy regulation of growth hormone and IGF-1 secretion.
In one (/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-2007-972875), growth hormone deficient adults took daily sermorelin for 12 months. The sermorelin group increased IGF-1 levels from 192 ng/mL at baseline to 528 ng/mL (normal range). The placebo group averaged less than 225 ng/mL throughout the year-long study.
Subjects who took sermorelin experienced increased lean body mass, decreased body fat, thicker skin, better sleep quality, elevated mood and libido, more energy, improved cholesterol values, and enhanced exercise capacity compared to placebo. Sermorelin was extremely well tolerated.
These findings demonstrate sermorelin’s ability to elevate IGF-1 into more youthful ranges, supporting various anti-aging effects. Study data informs our clinical application at Renew Hormone Clinic in Roseville.
Certain peptide injections like BPC-157 have shown promise in repairing and regenerating tendons, ligaments, muscle tissue, bones and even neural connections in animals and limited human trials, potentially offering new avenues for healing difficult sports injuries and wounds in the future.
Ipamorelin is a pentapeptide, meaning it’s composed of five amino acids. Developed in the 1990s by a Swedish biotech firm, ipamorelin binds growth hormone receptors in targeted tissues where hGH stimulates IGF-1 synthesis.
This peptide offers similar benefits as sermorelin and other growth hormone secretagogues but has greater selectivity. Ipamorelin builds lean muscle, burns fat stores, rejuvenates skin, supports injury repair, and heightens cognition without unwanted side effects on blood sugar, prolactin or cortisol often seen with hGH injections.
Ipamorelin increases growth hormone rapidly through a process called burst-like secretion. hGH and IGF-1 elevate quickly yet return to normal basal ranges swiftly after ipamorelin administration. This closely mimics natural growth hormone release in healthy young adults.
Here’s what makes this growth peptide special:
Ongoing anti-aging research continues to evaluate efficacy and safety in adults with age-related growth hormone decline. Early findings are extremely promising. Renew Hormone Clinicians closely follow latest peptide developments to continually refine our patients’ protocols.
Remember that peptides alone won’t necessarily make you lose weight or build muscle automatically. You still have to put in the work! We can provide all the tools for hormone optimization but your lifestyle choices determine results.
Here are tips to maximize progress whether your goals include fat loss, muscle gain, injury recovery, anti-aging or athletic performance enhancement:
Exercise - Follow a tailored workout plan that pushes your limits 3-5 days per week through resistance/strength training, HIIT cardio intervals, mobility work, etc. This is key for elevated protein synthesis and hormone amplification from peptides.
Nutrition - Stick to a high protein intake diet lower in processed carbs. Time protein consumption to support new muscle growth after training. Good gut health optimizes hormone levels.
Sleep - Prioritize at least 7-8 hours nightly, ideally getting to bed earlier. Deep sleep is when growth hormone peaks during its natural daily cycles. Supplements can help if insomnia is an issue.
Stress Management – Chronic stress ramps up cortisol which opposes muscle building and fat metabolism. Practice relaxing activities like light yoga, walking outdoors, deep breathing or meditation.
Pairing peptide therapy with consistent healthy lifestyle habits leads to phenomenal improvements in body composition, energy, sexual function, immunity and longevity. Contact our Roseville clinic today to learn more!
As you consider the potential of peptides and hormone replacement protocols, also be aware that Renew Hormone Clinic provides additional specialty services which synergize extremely well. Our integrated, multi-modal approach sets us apart from most clinics.
For example, advanced Glycoprotein Macrophage Activating Factor (GcMAF) injections offered here exert broad-spectrum immune-enhancing and anti-cancer effects. GcMAF can be prescribed alongside peptide regimens to amplify progress.
State of the art equipment like our Red Light Therapy Bed harnesses specific wavelengths of low level laser energy. Photobiomodulation facilitates tissue healing, rejuvenation and faster workout recovery while lowering systemic inflammation. Used regularly, collagen synthesis, skin health and muscle growth improve markedly.
We also provide NUCALA injections as a highly effective biologic for combating severe asthma and respiratory inflammation. Dramatically reducing systemic inflammation helps ensure peptide bioavailability and receptor site sensitivity. Patients often take Nucala injections in parallel with peptide protocols.
Renew Hormone Clinic constantly enhances our practice through leading edge advancements that perfectly complement peptide therapy. For maximizing health span and performance, look no further for fully integrated support.
