LaMond is the founder and Medical Director of Blue Sky MD , specializing in medical weight loss, hormone optimization, and preventive medicine
Valeria Marulanda, our clinical lead, frames the comparison this way: NAD+ restores cellular energy and helps patients feel better faster, and growth hormone peptides like CJC-1295/Ipamorelin support the structural anti-aging goals patients often associate with Sermorelin. That framing holds across virtually every patient who presents asking which direction to take
Active symptoms may warrant temporary deferral even if the medication itself is acceptable
My adult acne has gone down, and my excess facial hair is subsiding
GLP-1 receptor agonists have specific precautions and warnings, including a history of pancreatitis, severe gastrointestinal disease, diabetic retinopathy (for some formulations), and medullary thyroid carcinoma or multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2