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What is the big deal with Tesamorelin?

it worth taking a drug that is expensive and may only be effective for a period of 6 months?I strongly suggest that the hard facts about Tesamorelin be made clear to readers and subscribers of The Body, as offering Tesamorelin as a solution for...

Response from Nelson Vergel, B.S.Ch.E., M.B.A.

Program for Wellness Restoration

I am glad you repeat what I have said before, that the decrease in visceral fat produced by Tesamorelin is small (15-17% in 26 weeks). Growth hormone achieved values closer to 30-40% in some studies, but it also caused more side effects.In an... Read more »

tesamorelin

Do you have further information concerning tesamorelin and its efficacy? I work for a company in... Read more »

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tesamorelin for Belly fat

I recently heard of a new drug tesamorelin (from theratech) finishing phase 3 confirmatory trials.... Read more »

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Drug Watch: Tesamorelin Update

Table of Contents Introduction Fat and VAT Shrinking VAT With Growth Hormone Tesamorelin in the Pipeline Further Questions What's Next? Selected Sources Introduction Since it first became available in the mid-1990s, highly active... Read more »

Tesamorelin Approved for Lipodystrophy

In November, the FDA approved tesamorelin (Egrifta; formerly known as TH9507) for treatment of a type of lipodystrophy in HIV positive people taking antiretroviral therapy. Tesamorelin is a synthetic growth hormone-releasing factor that stimulates... Read more »

An Overview of Tesamorelin

Brand Name: Egrifta Other Name(s): TH9507 Drug Class: Opportunistic Infection and Other Drugs Tesamorelin, also known as TH9507, is a type of medicine called a growth hormone-releasing factor (GHRF). GHRF causes growth hormone to be created... Read more »

El Tesamorelin y el Exceso de Grasa Profunda en la Barriga

Introducción Cambios en la Forma Corporal Los Voluntarios del Estudio Diseño del Estudio Efectos Secundarios Resultados El Punto de Vista de Project Inform Introducción El factor liberador de la hormona de crecimiento humano... Read more »

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Egrifta /tesamorelin

Posted by ricky1, 1 Reply

I was diagnosed with lypodystrophy my dr referred me to an epidemiologist for help 2 years ago,My insrence company will cover it.but I had to go through a third party that will help pay for the copay. I was in a study with serostim but the... Read more »

Egrifta tesamorelin, is it available?

Posted by artnut, 2 Replies

Positively Aware has an article (July/August 2010)on the FDA approving Egrifta for the treatment of belly fat. Is it available? Has anyone had any experience with it? The biggest problem seems injecting oneself. How about blood sugar levels? ... Read more »

I'm trying not to scare anyone, but facts are fact

Posted by Anonymous, 6 Replies

In fact I'm not trying to scare anyone, and I don't want to make a kid's game out of the Bulletin Board. I'm just trying to make everyone realize that 99,9% of people doesn't cover all individuals, when talking about tests... I'm sure that 999 of... Read more »

ITS A FACT

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Its a fact some of positive people lie about their status before sex. If you are going to have sex BE SAFE! dont believe people if they tell you they are negative, they may not be. ALWAYS PRACTICE SAFE SEX!!!!! I hope we learned something here.

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