What Is Peptide Therapy?
Although a balanced diet and regular exercise can certainly maintain your health, over time and as we age, natural depletion can make it more difficult for the body to repair itself and function properly. At Thrive Hormonal Health and Wellness, we believe that restorative therapies with peptides can be the key to restoring your overall health.
A peptide restorative therapy is a type of rejuvenating treatment that helps your body find a better balance by optimizing natural hormone and amino acid production and release. Typically, peptides are delivered in the form of injectables, oral capsules, sublingual drops, IV drips or in powdered form to mix with liquids.
Benefits of Peptide Restorative Therapy
Peptide therapy treatments are often used to promote and boost health. As a restorative health treatment, peptide therapy can be used to address a wide variety of health concerns and help promote:
- Collagen repair
- Immune function
- Tissue and muscle recovery
- Sexual health
- Gut health and healing
- Weight loss
- Athletic performance
- Healthy bones
- Sleep
Peptide Restorative Therapy Options
At Thrive Hormonal Health and Wellness, we have several peptide restorative therapies to choose from. Each of our peptides are curated to help with specific health and wellness concerns, which means you will certainly be able to find a therapy that will work for your needs.
Here are 5 of our favorite peptide treatments available at Thrive:
Athletic Performance & Body Composition: CJC-1295/Ipamorelin
CJC-1295 paired with another peptide known as Ipamorelin, is a combination peptide that is known for assisting in weight loss, athletic performance, and managing age-related concerns.
This peptide is a growth hormone releasing hormone and a growth hormone secretagogue that focuses mainly on cellular repair and regeneration. This peptide promotes both the production and release of your body’s own natural growth hormones without increasing hunger or stress hormones. It is delivered through a nightly injection for at least 3 months.
Benefits of this peptide include:
- Aid in fat burning
- Help build muscle
- Increase bone density
- Promote tissue repair post-injury
- Enhance athletic performance
- Increase energy and strength
- Improve skin elasticity
- Correct insomnia
- Promote the immune system
Benefits for patients on CJC1295/Ipamorelin shown over the first six weeks of the protocol may include improvements in:
Week 1- Quality of Sleep
Week 2- Workout Recovery
Week 3- Mental Clarity
Week 4- Skin Elasticity
Weeks 5 & 6- Body Composition
Body Protective & Repair Complex: BPC-157
BPC-157 is a peptide that is used to promote healing and recovery. This is a gastric peptide that promotes healthy bones, joints, and tendons; this peptide is also known to promote healthy gums and organs like the liver or pancreas. The main role of this peptide is to protect against the development of ulcers and promote gut health and to assist the immune system 70% of which is all in the gut. This peptide can be taken as an oral or injectable treatment daily for up to 12 weeks.
Some key benefits of BPC-157 include:
- Faster healing after injury
- Regulate blood cells and blood pressure
- Minimize post-exercise aches
- Decrease inflammation
- Healthy gum support
- Promote gut health
BPC-157 is compounded both as a capsule and injectable. The capsule is specific to repairing the GI tract whereas the injection has been shown to repair gut function- but is primarily used to repair tendons and muscle tissue following injury or surgery.
We’ve seen amazing results with injectable and oral versions of this peptide. Even healing torn rotator cuffs and knee injuries preventing the need for surgery.
Body Composition & Libido: MK-677
MK-677, or Ibutamoren, is another peptide that promotes growth hormones and is known to support healthy bones, tissues, sleeping patterns, and also stimulate the metabolism. The main role of this peptide is to rebuild tissues and muscles, as well as promote the development of bones and tissues.
The key benefits of this peptide include:
- Decrease muscle wasting
- Promote muscle building
- Improve bone density
- Help repair nerve damage
- Boost metabolism
- Increase libido
- Improve sleep quality
Many recreational bodybuilding cycle logs report gaining over 10-15 pounds of muscle from one 12 week cycle of Ibutamoren.
Immune Support: Thymosin alpha-1
Thymosin alpha-1 (Ta-1) is a powerful modulator of immunity and inflammation. Studies have shown that Ta-1 plays a role in decreasing the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory autoimmune diseases by decreasing continual inflammation and supporting immunity. Ta-1 regulates the immune response by primarily acting on cells of the innate immune system, acting as an endogenous regulator of both inflammatory and adaptive immune responses.
Benefits of Thymosin alpha-1:
- Improved host defense to infection
- Referses immunosuppression due to chronic infection
- Increases antioxidant and glutathione production
- Boosts natural killer cell function
- Decreases respiratory complications associated with asthma, allergies, and COPD
- Neurologic regeneration and protection in post stroke, traumatic brain injury, Lyme, Alzheimer’s, neuropathy, Parkinson’s, and more
- Stimulates stem cell activity and proliferation
Thymosin alpha-1 is compounded into sublingual tablets, which dissolve under the tongue.
Collagen Peptides
Collagen is a protein in the body known to support connective body tissues and skin structure. Likewise, collagen peptides can support many anti-aging benefits, not just for the skin, hair, and nails, but also for muscles, bone density, and other factors.
Some benefits of collagen peptide include:
- Enhance skin elasticity
- Reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles
- Improve joint health
- Strengthen bones
- Increase bone density
- Improve tendon elasticity
- Produce stronger nails and hair
This peptide can be used in a powder form and taken daily or as needed.
Which Peptide Restorative Therapy Is Right For Me?
The peptide therapy that is right for you will be determined at your consultation appointment. We will go over your health concerns and your wellness goals to determine the peptide restorative therapy that is ideal for your concerns. Most patients are able to find a peptide treatment that will help them reach their goals.
While aging, disease, and even lifestyle can make us feel run down, it’s possible to enhance your overall wellness with certain restorative therapies. Peptide therapy can be instrumental in increasing health and the function of cells all over the body to naturally restore your wellness.
How to Get Started With Peptide Therapy
Do NOT buy peptides without a prescription. Many online brands are not “as advertised” and may not contain the ingredients they say they do. Your health and body depend on quality. Get your money’s worth, we recommend you only use peptides produced in pharmacies that specialize in sterile compounding.
If you are looking for better body composition, enhanced immune support, or a regenerative and restorative therapy for your body and mind, schedule your appointment at Thrive today!
