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Youll usually reach the maximum dose after 16 weeks of treatment
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Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). It falls under Category S2: Peptide Hormones, Growth Factors, Related Substances, and Mimetics on the WADA Prohibited List, often specified as a "Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone (GHRH) and its analogues" or a "Growth Hormone Secretagogue (GHS)". The ban is due to its potential to unfairly enhance athletic performance by increasing muscle mass, strength, reducing fat, and improving recovery. The prohibition applies regardless of its mechanism of stimulating endogenous GH, as the outcome of artificially elevated GH/IGF-1 is the concern
The hesitation usually stems not from medical facts but from misconceptions and social stigmafears of complications or external judgment
Gently swirl the vial to help it dissolve