Compound guide · The GH axis
Tesamorelin: what it is, its legal status and the evidence
The one FDA-approved GHRH analog — approved for HIV-associated visceral fat, not sport.
What the evidence shows
Raises GH/IGF-1; strength, recovery or body-composition benefit in athletes is not the approved use and is unproven.
Graded in Tesamorelin for Athletes: What the Evidence Actually Shows for “Strength / recovery / body composition in athletes”: None shown.
Read the full review: Tesamorelin for Athletes: What the Evidence Actually Shows
Legal and FDA status
An approved drug product exists and is marketed, so tesamorelin has a route the unapproved peptides on our tracker do not. What it is approved FOR is narrow — HIV-associated lipodystrophy — and that has nothing to do with sport or general body composition.
Anti-doping status
Sermorelin, CJC-1295 (with or without DAC), and tesamorelin are synthetic GHRH analogs — they stimulate growth-hormone release and are prohibited at all times under S2. Detection methods for GHRH analogs in urine exist and are advancing. No 2026 change.
Read next: every Tesamorelin guide
What the evidence says
Dosage and how it's taken
Side effects and safety
Is there a legal way to get it?
We don't rank Tesamorelin providers. A prescription option we compare instead:
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