What Is Peptide Therapy?
Before getting into what peptide therapy is, let’s first define what peptides are: peptides are natural signaling molecules in the human body that have varied functions and decrease as we age. The FDA defines a peptide as a molecule made from 50 or less amino acids that have a specific function in the body.
To date, over 70,000 naturally occurring peptides have been identified. Insulin, a commonly used substance, is actually 2 peptide chains that are linked together. Because peptides naturally exist in the body, they are typically well-tolerated and very safe when given with peptide therapy.
Peptide therapy incorporates specifically designed molecules that can be used to support muscle function, help with weight loss, balance hormones, heal from injuries, boost immunity, and assist with many other functions. Peptides communicate with different parts of the body, potentially enhancing the function of the entire body by binding to receptors on the cell surface and signaling optimal messages for health improvement.
Who Can Benefit from Peptide Therapy?
Peptide therapy helps with a diverse range of conditions. Just a few examples include:
Anti-aging
Weight management
Autoimmune disorders
Balancing hormones
Tissue repair, including joints, tendons and ligaments, and bone
Enhancing growth hormone production
Muscle building/definition
Cellular energy production
Protect cells/decrease oxidative stress
Depression/anxiety
Hair growth
Inflammatory diseases
Infections
Insomnia and stress disorders
Improving sexual disorders and erectile dysfunction
Osteoporosis
Alzheimer’s Disease/improve cognition
Skincare
Peptides Commonly Used in Peptide Therapy
This is a very small sampling of some of the therapies that are available and used:
Thymulin
Peptide formulated from thymus gland to help modulate the immune system and boost its function to combat infections.
These are conditions where thymulin can be utilized: fatigue, chronic infections, persistent illness and slow healing.
Benefits for thymulin therapy include: combatting infections (viral or bacterial), boosting immune cell activity, improving tissue repair and healing, and reducing inflammation.
BPC 157
BPC (Body Protective Compound) is a potent anti-inflammatory and repair peptide which can be used to help with muscle and tendon injury, healing infections/wounds, and improving digestive function by protecting and healing inflamed intestinal epithelium (leaky gut).
Specific target conditions of BCP 157 include muscle injury, allergies, autoimmune disease, fibromyalgia, diabetes, IBD (ulcerative colitis/Crohn’s), IBS.
CJC-1295, Ipamorelin, sermorelin, pralmorelin
These are all peptide hormones that mimic the abilities and effects of growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH), responsible for stimulating the release of human growth hormone (HGH).
The peptides do not produce a spike in HGH levels, but rather enhance the overall daily production.
Benefits include:
Anti-aging effects
Improved exercise performance
Reduction in fat and faster weight loss
Improved metabolism
Higher libido levels
Increased muscle mass and strength
Improved joint and connective tissue health
Healthy skin, nails, and hair growth
PT-141
This peptide was originally designed as a sunless tanning agent because it is a melanocyte stimulating hormone, but it actually is more beneficial for enhancing libido and sexual arousal in both women and men.
Benefits include:
Increased libido in women and men
Improved erections
Improved sexual desire and gratification
Sarcotropin® IPA
Sarcotropin® IPA is a medical food that is indicated for management of age-related changes in body composition especially the loss of muscle mass AKA sarcopenia.
Factors that contribute to altered body composition during aging include the following:
Functional decline of neuroendocrine activity Decreased growth hormone production and sex hormones Diminished dietary intake of amino acids, protein, and vitamins
Sarcotropin® IPA was specifically formulated to oppose these deficiencies by combining 2 peptides into one product–8mg of Pralmorelin (GHRP2) and 2mg of Ipamorelin (GHRP).
Benefits include:
In a 90-day Phase III clinical trial showed that not only was sarcotropin safe, but treatment also showed the following:
Loss in total body fat-especially visceral fat
Gain in lean muscle mass
Increased serum IGF-1-which means improved growth hormone levels
There are also benefits to sleep quality, digestion, and energy
What is a Medical Food?
It is a food specifically formulated for oral administration to individuals who are under the supervision of a physician for the specific dietary and nutritional management of a disease or condition based on recognized scientific principles. They are foods that are specially formulated and processed rather than being naturally occurring and intended to provide unique or distinctive medical therapy that complements good diet, exercise and lifestyle. Sarcopenia or loss of muscle associated with aging is one example of a condition for which a medical food may be effective and safe therapy. As defined by Congress in the Orphan Drug Act and Amendments of 1988, a medical food is to be used only in patients receiving active and ongoing medical supervision including instructions on its use as it may change over time.
To find out more about this cutting edge therapy, and to see if it’s right for you, please contact us.
*we do not offer a la carte pricing on peptide therapies