Tesamorelin and Joint Pain - Experience?

[SoCalGirl]

Ok, I'm ready to start the Tesamorelin tonight. Already doing Reta-Cagri. Already have torn to shreds meniscus injury and knee OA. I've read tons about Tesamorelin causing joint pain because of water retention/swelling, this is initial, three weeks or so side effect. Also have read amazing sleep stories (I SO NEED TO SLEEEEP). I searched the forum and didn't find any posts, (may be user error). 😉

So, would you mind sharing:

Did you experience painful joints?

How long did this last for you?

Going to start at .5mg and see what happens. If I come back here tomorrow screaming about the pain, please post, "I TOLD YOU SO!!" 🤣🤣

 

[hotsauceboss]

I've been doing 1mg Tesa in the mornings for the past week, combined with 300mcg Ipa. Also taking 3mg Reta and have been for a few months.

Reta sleep started out pretty rough but seems to be getting better. I feel like I might wake up once a night and fall back asleep within a few minutes. I can't say whether Tesa is responsible for this or if I'm just getting used to Reta. No joint pain so far.

Also gained 1-1.5 lbs after starting Tesa. Attributing that to water retention but I don't really know.

 

[SoCalGirl]

Brilliant. Thank you for sharing. So, ONE gallon weighs about 8 pounds, figure about 3 cups for 1.5 pounds... Ughhhhh, that would be A LOT of fluid around the joints. I know not all of it ends up in the knees. Did you hold onto that extra weight for a month or week? LOL - I WANT the answer to be ONE DAY! Cheers, thank for sharing!

 

[hotsauceboss]

I don't have any good answers for you, sorry. I just started a week ago so I'm still figuring everything out. Prior to this I'd been losing about a pound a week. I won't know if that trend is going to continue for another week or so.

I'm only going to be on it for 8 weeks. Traveling in August and I don't plan on daily jabs. Once I'm done I'm getting IGF-1 retested and I'll see if the fluids drop off.