Chronic Disk Degeneration Stack Recommendations

Damn. This is thorough. I appreciate the time you put into this. He’s on Tirz now, but would switching to Reta help more with visceral fat or is Tesa the better choice? He’s never smoked. He has dealt with high cholesterol and BP for years, is on statins, and has the cholesterol under control with doctor oversight. His numbers are improving. I’ll need to check his recent bloodwork. He’s 5’10, 215 lbs, down from 240.

I see it the same way. That counsel appears trustworthy. Also we are not depending on peps along with other options at all. He has kept to the usual medical path. My goal is just to support improvements in spots that I am able.

My pleasure. I speak as someone who had severe cervical disc degeneration and spent a lot to avoid debilitating fusion by finding top specialists, which led me to a trial at NYU Langone. I walked out the same day and a decade later have no disc problems. I learned to seek leading-edge science rather than alternative approaches. Discs are living tissue that need glucose from tiny nearby vessels. Focusing on cardiovascular health supports every system that depends on good blood flow.

That makes sense. My dad has always been thin except for his belly since retiring. When you poke his gut it feels hard with no squishy fat. I think I need to start him on tirz because it seems best for inflammation. Once some weight is lost I’ll add tesa to target the visceral fat. Besides the back issues he has mild high blood pressure and high cholesterol and quit smoking almost 30 years ago. Thank you for explaining all of this.

Curious about the distinctions between Tesamorelin and Ipamorelin. It appears the first one holds official FDA clearance.

Tesamorelin has a large amount of solid human research and proof of efficacy plus confirmed safety for long-term use under FDA oversight. It remains a patented drug so compounding versions exist in a legal grey area. Ipamorelin faces no patent issues and is prescribed more widely. In most people Tesamorelin raises growth hormone and IGF-1 to the maximum level before the body’s feedback mechanisms limit further increase.

Man I want some Repatha!

I'm wondering purely out of interest whether tesa would leave you feeling more at ease than reta when it comes to your father given the larger number of studies on the first option.

love all of this - so helpful

Both options seem fine to me, yet tirz stands out with stronger effects on reducing inflammation compared to reta, and it curbs hunger more effectively too. Since I'm taking reta personally, I can tell that switching would help him more.

sweet - thx for the reply