AOD 9604
Clinical evidenceThe best-studied fat-burning fragment was tested honestly in full clinical trials and lost.
What it is
AOD9604 is a 16-amino-acid peptide, a stabilized version of the fat-burning end of human growth hormone. It was engineered to isolate growth hormone's fat-mobilizing action while skipping the organ-growth, blood-sugar, and other effects of the full hormone. It is a modified sibling of the raw 176-191 fragment.
How it works
It works on fat cells to increase the breakdown of stored fat, and trials confirmed that selectivity cleanly: fat-mobilization markers moved while IGF-1 and blood sugar stayed flat. The catch is that selective is not the same as effective for meaningful weight loss.
What people report
- ✦Increases fat-mobilization markers without raising IGF-1 or blood sugar
- ✦Mechanistically clean and selectively lipolytic, appealing in theory
- ✦A real clinical trial history that makes it feel more legitimate than most research peptides
- ✦Genuinely tame side-effect profile
Typical use
Used in daily injection cycles in community practice, typically during cut phases. No approved cycle exists.
Dosing reference
Phase 1 safety passed, phase 2a confirmed the fat-mobilization markers, and phase 2b weight-loss efficacy failed in 2007, ending the program. Any current dosing is off-label and unregulated; verify against the failed trial context.
Reference only — not a recommendation. Verify via primary sources.
Watch for
This is the best-studied compound in its class, and the data says its weight-loss effect was too small to matter clinically. GRAS food-ingredient status means safe as a supplement additive, not effective for weight loss, and compounding pharmacies cannot legally produce it. Then came GLP-1 drugs with 15–25% weight loss, an order of magnitude larger through a different mechanism.
Notes
It was tested honestly and lost. Its safety record is cleaner than its efficacy record, which is the reverse of most products here.
Reconstitution math for AOD 9604
Typical vial: 5mg dissolved in 2ml BAC water. Adjust to see the math.
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BPC-157
Healing & recoveryThe repair peptide everyone in the gym talks about — powerful in rats, still unproven in humans.
BPC-157 is a short chain of 15 amino acids. It is not a natural hormone your body makes on its own. It was built in a lab as a fragment of a larger 'body protection compound' first found in human stomach juice in the 1990s. Vendors sell this engineered piece, not a natural sequence.
How it works (optional detail)
In animal studies, BPC-157 seems to nudge faster blood-vessel growth at injured spots, which is the body's first step in healing. It also appears to quiet inflammation. The idea is that by tickling repair pathways rather than ordering one single thing, it helps tendons, ligaments, and gut lining recover speedier than they would on their own.
Dosing reference: Common community dosing is a few hundred micrograms a day, usually injected near the site or into belly fat. There is no approved human dose.
Reconstitution math
Concentration: 2.500 mg/ml (5mg in 2ml)
To get 1mg, draw:
0.400 ml
≈ 40 units on a U-100 insulin syringe
This calculator shows how the arithmetic works using common vial sizes. It is an educational illustration — not a dosing recommendation. Always follow the specific product's instructions and verify with primary sources or a qualified professional.
Educational content — not medical advice.