Tesamorelin Starter Guide: Mixing, Dosing, and Timing in 60 Seconds

This is a beginner-oriented rundown of tesamorelin ("Tesa"), a growth hormone releasing peptide people take for stronger GH pulses, better sleep, better recovery, and its best-known use: targeting visceral fat. The creator promises everything a first-timer needs in about a minute, and the video delivers exactly that: how to reconstitute the vial, how much to inject, when to take it, and how long to run it.

The whole video is a single talking-head shot. The creator speaks directly to camera in a bright living room with the caption "Tesa starter guide (Save for later)" pinned on screen the entire time. There are no product shots or demonstrations; all the substance is in what he says.

Reconstitution: One mL per 10 mg

Tesamorelin comes in 10, 20, or 30 mg vials. The mixing rule he gives is simple: add 1 mL of bacteriostatic water per 10 mg of peptide. A 10 mg vial gets 1 mL, a 30 mg vial gets 3 mL. That ratio keeps the concentration constant regardless of vial size, so the dosing instructions that follow work the same way for any vial.

Dosing and Timing

The protocol he recommends:

• Draw 10 units on an insulin syringe daily, which equals 1 mg at the mixing ratio above.
• Inject 30 minutes before bed. The reasoning: sleep already produces your strongest natural GH pulses, and taking tesamorelin right before bed stacks on top of them, which he credits for the sleep and recovery benefits.
• Do not eat for at least 2 to 3 hours beforehand. He states GH pulses are highly insulin sensitive, so eating even an hour before the shot "wastes your money."

He also addresses the 2 mg question. Clinical trials used 2 mg daily, but that dose was studied for lipodystrophy, so he sees no need for it in a general-use context. His take: if money is no object, 2 mg is fine, but tesamorelin is one of the pricier peptides and 1 mg still produces good results.

Cycle Length

For how long to run it, he points to clinical trials that went past 26 weeks (over six months). His conservative recommendation is 4 to 6 months on, then a 1 to 2 month break before repeating. He mentions knowing people who have run it much longer, but frames 4 to 6 months as the safe default for cautious users.

He closes by inviting questions in the comments and pointing to a free peptide Discord on his store and a source link in his bio.

Key Takeaways

• Mix tesamorelin at 1 mL of bacteriostatic water per 10 mg of peptide, whatever the vial size.
• Standard dose in this guide: 10 units (1 mg) daily, injected 30 minutes before bed to ride natural sleep GH pulses.
• Stay fasted for 2 to 3 hours before injecting; he claims eating close to the dose blunts the GH response.
• Run it 4 to 6 months, break for 1 to 2 months, then repeat if desired; trials ran past 26 weeks.
• The 2 mg clinical dose (used for lipodystrophy) is optional and costly; 1 mg is his recommended starting point.