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CJC-1295 monograph
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Justin Harris — IFBB Pro coach
Written & affirmed by Justin Harris — August 19, 2026 · 9 min read
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This is not a magic lean-mass drug; it is an investigational GH-axis manipulator with weak real-world evidence in healthy lifters. The DAC version is the only one with a decent human PK story, and even that does not make it a safe or proven bodybuilding tool. If someone is chasing it for recovery or fat loss, the upside is speculative and the downside includes glucose issues, edema, and contaminated-product risk. For athletes, the legal and antidoping downside is real; this is not a low-risk gray-area supplement.
Justin Harris — IFBB Pro coach, Troponin Nutrition. The same coaching reasoning drives the TroponinIQ AI coach.
CJC-1295 Monograph
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Curation Summary
- Class: Investigational growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) analog peptide; long-acting secretagogue variant exists with drug affinity complex (DAC)
- Legal/regulatory status: No FDA-approved CJC-1295 product is established for bodybuilding or anti-aging. It is not a controlled substance in the way anabolic steroids are, but it is an unapproved investigational peptide; products sold as supplements or research chemicals are legally/regulatorily risky, and FDA health-fraud materials do not validate it as an approved drug. WADA’s Prohibited List framework bans growth hormone/GH secretagogue-type agents and injectable peptide secretagogues used in sport; CJC-1295 is not clearly named on the landing page, but the relevant class is prohibited in sport. [FDA Health Fraud Product Database] [WADA Prohibited List] [PubMed]
- Routing: module 03 knowledge for mechanism, clinical/performance context, legal status, safety, and FAQ retrieval.
- Source hash: c96fa5fe47a2b93557973a7677dd5f62def54b43bb91d4b71e9229154f1c146d
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Sources
- [1]Troponin Nutrition knowledge base — Cjc 1295