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Secretagogue Research

This area looks at signals that tell the body to let go of something it already has.

Data sheet · Updated August 2026 · How we source this

What this area studies

Researchers here look at signals that tell the body to let go of something it already has.

Your body stores things and releases them on cue. This asks what gives the cue. The idea is to ask the body for its own supply, not to add more from outside.

Compounds we hold a record for

Tesamorelin B Not put to the committee A 44-link copy of a natural signal. It tells the pituitary gland to release growth hormone.
Ipamorelin B Not put to the committee Five links long. It was the first one built to release growth hormone and little else.

Appearing here means the name turns up in this field of study. It does not mean the compound does anything.

Also named in this area

CJC-1295
Sermorelin
Kisspeptin Gives the cue in the reproductive system, not the growth system.
IGF-1 LR3 Often listed here, but it is NOT a secretagogue. It is the growth factor itself. A secretagogue asks your body to make something. This one skips the asking and supplies it. That is a real difference and it is worth knowing.

We do not hold a full record for these yet.

How strong is the evidence?

Read this before anything else

Tesamorelin is the one name here that has been through full drug approval, and only for one condition. The rest have not.

Sources

  1. Tesamorelin — drug record NIH / LiverTox
  2. Ipamorelin, the first selective growth hormone secretagogue PubMed

We link what we read. Where a source found nothing, we link that too — a page that only cites the positive results is not a source list, it is an advert.

This is not a shopping list and it is not advice. None of these is approved for people to take. Talk to a doctor about your health.