Calm Logic said:
Pepperboi said:
AI-generated junk is everywhere, and I'm still fairly new to this myself, but solid resources do exist. My advice: don't put your faith in just 1 source. Gather several, check them against each other, and form your own view. Here's how I usually work through it:
What is it supposed to do?
Do clinical studies exist? If they do, go through a few
Has anyone pulled the data/protocol together in 1 place?
Does that match what the clinical findings show?
When I first looked into Tesa, this played out for me. Some claimed 0.5mg was enough, others said as much as 5mg was acceptable, yet the clinical data points to 2mg without titration. Certain places suggested 5 days on and 2 days off, while every piece of clinical data I saw said 7 days on for 3 months, then 1 month off. As I said, there is a LOT out there.
Yes, I typically treat clinical dosing as a ceiling—this applies to tesa, TA-1, SS-31, and PT-141.
When it comes to SS-31, the brand-name Forzinity caps out at 40 mg/day. That would run very expensive.
Naturally, tesa has no approved dosing outside of addressing "excess abdominal (visceral) fat accumulation in HIV-infected patients with lipodystrophy." So some people want to experiment with lower amounts, such as 1 mg, because tesa costs so much or because they want to keep IGF-1 in a fairly normal range.
