Hexarelin
A synthetic ghrelin-mimetic hexapeptide and potent GHS-R1a agonist, structurally related to GHRP-6, that stimulates pituitary growth hormone release; it also interacts with cardiac CD36 receptors in research settings.
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Regulatory status
Research only
This substance is sold and handled as a research material and is not approved for human use. There is no approved label, which means there is no agency-reviewed information about how it should be handled, who should avoid it, or what happens alongside other medicines.
Not approved for human use
A regulatory status describes paperwork, not safety. An approved compound can still be wrong for a given person, and an unapproved one is neither thereby dangerous nor thereby fine.
Half-life
~55 min (human, subcutaneous); ~76 min IV in animal studies. Half-life is an educational pharmacology figure, drawn from public sources, and is not a schedule or dosing instruction.
Storage & handling
Supplied lyophilized; store cool, reconstitute before use, then refrigerate and protect from light.
References
- Ghigo et al., Eur J Clin Pharmacol
- Ishida et al. 2020
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Common questions
Hexarelin, answered plainly.
01What is Hexarelin?+
A synthetic ghrelin-mimetic hexapeptide and potent GHS-R1a agonist, structurally related to GHRP-6, that stimulates pituitary growth hormone release; it also interacts with cardiac CD36 receptors in research settings. It is listed here under Growth Hormone as educational reference, which is not a recommendation to use it.
02Is Hexarelin FDA approved?+
Research only. This substance is sold and handled as a research material and is not approved for human use. There is no approved label, which means there is no agency-reviewed information about how it should be handled, who should avoid it, or what happens alongside other medicines.
03What is the half-life of Hexarelin?+
~55 min (human, subcutaneous); ~76 min IV in animal studies. A half-life is an educational pharmacology figure describing how long the body takes to clear half of a substance. It is not a schedule and does not imply one.
04How is Hexarelin stored and handled?+
Supplied lyophilized; store cool, reconstitute before use, then refrigerate and protect from light. Storage conditions come from a manufacturer's own label where one exists, and a compound with no approved label has no agency-reviewed handling instructions at all.
05What vial strengths of Hexarelin are commonly sold?+
Commonly listed vial strengths are 2, 5 mg. A vial strength is a market fact about how a product is packaged. It is not a dose, and it says nothing about how much of anything belongs in any person.
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