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A simple, guided process.
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Tell us about yourself
Complete a short medical intake.
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Physician review
A licensed clinician reviews your history and determines if treatment is appropriate.
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Personalized plan
If appropriate, your clinician prescribes your treatment and dosage.
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Delivered to you
Your medication is fulfilled through a licensed pharmacy.
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Ongoing support
We monitor your progress and adjust as needed.
Who Might Consider Sermorelin?
Growth hormone plays an important role in muscle maintenance, metabolism, tissue repair, and healthy aging. Sermorelin stimulates the body's natural growth hormone release, making it an option to discuss with a physician when evaluating hormone function and individual health goals.
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Age-Related Hormonal Changes
Growth hormone production naturally changes with age, alongside shifts in metabolism, body composition, and physical function. For individuals experiencing these changes, a comprehensive hormonal evaluation can help identify factors influencing their health and determine whether treatment is appropriate.
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Muscle Maintenance and Strength
Maintaining lean muscle is essential for physical strength, mobility, and long-term health. Growth hormone plays a role in muscle metabolism and tissue maintenance, making it an important consideration when evaluating hormonal factors that influence muscle health.
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Changes in Body Composition
Changes in body fat distribution and lean muscle mass can occur with age, lifestyle changes, and hormonal fluctuations. Growth hormone helps regulate fat metabolism and body composition, making its activity relevant to understanding metabolic and hormonal health.
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Physical Recovery and Active Lifestyles
Whether recovering from exercise or maintaining an active lifestyle, the body relies on healthy processes to repair and maintain muscles and connective tissues. Growth hormone participates in tissue maintenance and repair, supporting the biological processes involved in physical recovery.
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Natural Growth Hormone Production
Unlike growth hormone replacement, which introduces growth hormone directly into the body, Sermorelin stimulates the pituitary gland to release the body's own growth hormone. This approach works through the body's existing hormone-signaling system and can be considered during an individualized discussion of hormonal treatment options.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about Sermorelin treatment
What is sermorelin, and how does it work?
Sermorelin is a synthetic peptide modeled after part of the body’s natural growth hormone-releasing hormone, or GHRH. Rather than providing growth hormone directly, sermorelin signals the pituitary gland to release more of the body’s own growth hormone. Growth hormone can then influence production of IGF-1, which is involved in growth, tissue repair, metabolism, and body composition. At Fountain, sermorelin is considered in the context of your symptoms, goals, health history, and broader hormonal picture rather than prescribed simply because someone wants to increase growth hormone.
How is sermorelin taken?
At Fountain, sermorelin is self-administered as a subcutaneous injection at home. Patients receive instructions on dose, injection technique, site rotation, storage, and safe needle disposal. The exact schedule depends on your prescription and should be followed according to the instructions provided by your clinician and dispensing pharmacy.
What changes might I notice with sermorelin?
Patients commonly ask about sermorelin for concerns related to sleep, recovery, energy, exercise performance, and body composition. Responses vary, and sermorelin should not be viewed as a guaranteed way to improve any of these areas. Changes in sleep or recovery may also be influenced by training, nutrition, hormones, medications, stress, or underlying sleep disorders. Fountain looks at whether the specific outcomes you are trying to improve actually change over time rather than assuming that an increase in growth hormone or IGF-1 automatically means the treatment is benefiting you.
How long does sermorelin take to work?
There is no single timeline. Changes in growth hormone signaling or IGF-1 may occur on a different timeline from changes in sleep, recovery, energy, or body composition. Some outcomes, particularly body-composition changes, may take longer to evaluate than subjective symptoms. Your clinician will determine when reassessment makes sense based on why sermorelin was prescribed and what improvement you are trying to achieve.
What side effects can occur with sermorelin?
Possible side effects can include injection-site redness, itching or discomfort, headache, flushing, dizziness, or nausea. Because sermorelin affects the growth hormone pathway, your clinician may also consider your broader medical and hormonal history when deciding whether treatment is appropriate. Any persistent, significant, or unexpected symptoms should be discussed with your care team rather than adjusting the medication on your own.
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Last reviewed: October 2026
Dr. Doreen Zarfati is Chief Medical Officer at Fountain Health NYC and a double board-certified psychiatrist. Her work spans mental health, longevity, metabolism and sexual health, with a particular interest in how biological and clinical factors can influence psychiatric symptoms and treatment response. At Fountain, Dr. Zarfati provides clinical oversight of Fountain’s care models, reviewing and approving them for clinical use and guiding how they are applied in patient care. Her work in IV ketamine focuses on neuroplasticity, emotional processing and the thoughtful integration of emerging treatments into structured clinical care. Her approach is individualized, collaborative and grounded in measurable response, with treatment evolving as the patient’s clinical picture changes.
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Compounded medications are available only to patients who are evaluated by a licensed healthcare provider and receive a prescription when medically appropriate. Prescriptions for compounded medications are filled and dispensed by a licensed compounding pharmacy. Compounded medications are not FDA-approved, and the FDA does not review compounded medications for safety, effectiveness, or quality before they are marketed. Individual results may vary. Product images are for illustrative purposes only and may not reflect the actual medication, packaging, vial, or dosage dispensed.