CJC-1295 and Injury Recovery: What Has Been Studied
What the research covers
No published study was found that tested CJC-1295 for injury recovery, in people or animals. The human studies measured hormone levels in healthy adults. CJC-1295 is a lab-made form of GHRH, a hormone that drives the release of growth hormone (GH). After a shot, it binds to albumin, a blood protein, so it lasts much longer than natural GHRH.
Two trials tested it against placebo in healthy adults aged 21 to 61. The shots went under the skin. The trials ran for 28 and 49 days. One shot raised GH levels 2 to 10 times for 6 days or more. IGF-I levels rose 1.5 to 3 times for 9 to 11 days. The estimated half-life was 5.8 to 8.1 days. No serious adverse reactions were reported.
A second study gave healthy men aged 20 to 40 one shot of 60 or 90 micrograms per kilogram. A week later, mean GH was 46% higher and IGF-I was 45% higher. These studies measured hormone levels and safety, not body changes.
A PubMed search on 27 September 2026 found no such study. It covered injury, wounds, healing, repair, recovery, fractures and tendons. The hits were reviews and drug-testing methods. No study of CJC-1295 given with BPC-157 or TB-500 was found.
Sources
- Teichman SL, Neale A, Lawrence B, et al. Prolonged stimulation of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor I secretion by CJC-1295, a long-acting analog of GH-releasing hormone, in healthy adults. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2006). PMID 16352683 doi:10.1210/jc.2005-1536
- Ionescu M, Frohman LA Pulsatile secretion of growth hormone (GH) persists during continuous stimulation by CJC-1295, a long-acting GH-releasing hormone analog. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2006). PMID 17018654 doi:10.1210/jc.2006-1702
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