I thought that I should start a thread for my lab rat experimentation with GDF11 that I started a few days ago. This will not be a day-by-day log. As far as a clinical evaluation of the lab rat before the experiment, the rat just had a comprehensive blood workup as part of the CJC1295 experiment that he just finished.
I performed 2 loading doses of about 0.35ug, and the rat reported heartburn on both occasions. Could be coincidence that the other thread mentions heartburn, although at a much higher dose. Now running daily 0.06ug/day for the duration or until I can determine that a higher dose will not continue to cause heartburn if it was indeed the GDF11 causing that.
I only plan to provide an update if there is anything worthwhile mentioning.
Given that the pro-GDF11 literature makes note of it restoring skeletal muscle function in aged animals, I am primarily going to be observant of any changes in skeletal muscle (not that the rat is exactly 'aged'). I weight train and I am very in-tune with how much muscle mass I have and can build with proper diet/rest/training. I will definitely notice if there is even a mild 'anabolic' effect on skeletal muscle.
Edited by Rocket, 06 February 2016 - 01:03 AM.