Improve Sleep Issues With Peptide Therapy

A peptide is a short string of 100 amino acids or fewer. Amino acids also make up proteins, but a peptide has fewer amino acids than protein does.

Your body uses peptides to produce or enhance almost every function imaginable. As you age, though, you produce fewer peptides. Many of the symptoms of aging can be traced back to a lack of peptides, which is why many women and men benefit from peptide therapy to compensate for the lack.

Even if you’re unfamiliar with peptides, you may be using them in supplement form already. Collagen supplements, for instance, are often available in the form of collagen peptides, which are very small pieces of animal collagen. The hormone insulin is also a peptide.

At Modern Wellness Clinic in Las Vegas, Nevada, our providers recommend peptides for women and men who suffer from a variety of ailments. One of the most effective uses for peptides is to improve sleep.

About a third of women, men, and kids in the United States have trouble with sleep and 50 million have already been diagnosed with a sleep disorder. Would you like to sleep better? Here’s how peptide therapy can help.

Ipamorelin 

One of the main tasks of the body during sleep is to repair and restore damaged cells and tissues. Ipamorelin helps the body secrete the growth hormone it needs to accomplish just that.

Ipamorelin works by activating the receptors in the pituitary gland that manage the hormone ghrelin, which is sometimes referred to as the hunger hormone. Ghrelin is the hormone that makes you feel hungry when it’s time for your body to nourish itself.

Ghrelin also stimulates the release of growth hormones. Since ipamorelin mimics ghrelin, it also helps your body produce more growth hormones. Before bedtime, ghrelin helps induce sleep onset, as does ipamorelin.

With intravenous (IV) doses of ipamorelin, you may experience more and better slow-wave sleep. Slow-wave sleep is essential for deep rest and for restoration. By stimulating the production of growth hormones, too, ipamorelin helps your body repair itself so that you awaken refreshed and invigorated.

MK-677 Ibutamoren Mesylate

Ibutamoren mesylate, also referred to as MK-677 (or MK-0677), has been shown in studies to reduce the time for sleep onset, so that you can fall asleep faster. It also increases the length of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, which is the phase in which you dream.

Like ipamorelin, MK-677 mimics ghrelin and promotes the production of human growth hormone. Other benefits of MK-677 include:

• Reduced muscle wasting
• Improved bone density
• Improved cognition

Like some other peptides, MK-677 may also protect against dementia. Between its effects on sleep length and quality as well as more direct nootropic effects, MK-677 helps your brain and body perform more optimally. 

GHK-Cu

The peptide GHK-Cu, like many peptides, has a variety of beneficial effects on human health. It stimulates the production of collagen, elastin, and new blood vessels. It also seems to prevent the development of cancer and suppresses inflammation, which is at the root of most health conditions.

It also seems to protect against adverse events, such as learning impairments, that may follow sleep deprivation. Since sleep disruption is a hallmark of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, GHK-Cu shows promise in slowing, stopping, or reversing cognitive issues.

Are you having trouble falling or staying asleep? Find out how peptide therapy can supply your body with the ingredients it needs to rebuild and restore your body and brain during sleep by phoning our helpful office staff at 702-463-9159 today. You can also use our online booking form.