Sermorelin, CJC-1295 and Tesamorelin: Growth Hormone Peptides Explained (and How to Get Them Prescribed in Miami)
Somewhere in your twenties, your body quietly turned down a dial — the one behind deep sleep, lean muscle, and steady energy.
Your body didn't stop making growth hormone. It just makes less.
This family of peptides doesn't replace it. They nudge your own production back up — which is why they're the family most people feel first, and the one I get asked about most.
What is Sermorelin?
Sermorelin is the gentle starting point. It signals your pituitary to release growth hormone on its own natural rhythm — overnight, in pulses, the way it did when you were younger.
It's generally well-tolerated. It's where most people begin, and rarely where they regret starting. Typical protocols run 12 weeks, injected five nights a week before bed.
What is CJC-1295 + Ipamorelin?
The duo everyone asks for. CJC-1295 sets the tone — a steady background signal — and Ipamorelin times the pulse. Together they work with your body's own overnight release rather than against it.
It's a step up from Sermorelin in intensity, and often what people move to for a second cycle once they know how their body responds.
What is Tesamorelin?
The specialist. Tesamorelin is reached for when body composition — not just how you feel — is the main goal. It's the most studied of the three and the only one with an FDA-approved form (for a specific medical use). For body composition goals it's prescribed off-label, and it's the one with the most research behind it.
It's the most targeted, and the most expensive. It's not where you start; it's where you go when you have a specific reason to.
Which one is right for you?
Not all four. The art is matching a single peptide to your labs and your goal — never stacking the whole shelf.
What people tell me, most often: sleep changes first, within a few weeks. Then energy and recovery. Body composition is the slow reveal, over a full cycle. Individual results vary — but the pattern I see is that results come from finishing, not sampling.
How to get Sermorelin prescribed in Miami
These are prescription peptides. In Florida, that means a licensed physician has to evaluate you and write the prescription, and a licensed compounding pharmacy has to fill it. Anything else — research-grade vials online, "no prescription needed" — is not the same product and not something I'd put in my own body.
At Miami Beach Peptides, the process is:
A free 15-minute consultation to talk through your goals
Bloodwork — I'll tell you exactly which markers, and I can arrange a mobile phlebotomist to come to you anywhere in Miami
Physician review — our supervising physician reads your labs and approves the protocol
Delivery — compounded, premixed peptides shipped cold to your door, with syringes and a dosing calendar
Most people are started within a week of their labs coming back.
This content is educational and is not medical advice. Compounded medications are not evaluated by the FDA for safety or efficacy; off-label use is at the prescribing physician's discretion. Individual results vary. Peptides are prescribed only by a licensed physician after evaluation and dispensed by a licensed compounding pharmacy. Miami Beach Peptides is a concierge telehealth practice serving patients throughout Florida.