AOD-9604 Dosage Calculator & Doses

Q: How much bacteriostatic water do I add to a 5 mg vial of AOD-9604?

Adding 2 mL of bacteriostatic water to a 5 mg vial gives 2.5 mg/mL. That is the mix every number on this page is worked out from — change the water figure in the calculator and all the draw amounts update.

Q: What dose of AOD-9604 is used in research?

Published and reported figures for AOD-9604 run from 300 mcg to 500 mcg, typically 1× daily. This site lists each figure with the source it came from rather than giving a single recommended number.

Q: How many units on the syringe is a 300 mcg dose of AOD-9604?

At 2.5 mg/mL, a 300 mcg dose is 12 units on a 1 mL U-100 insulin syringe. One vial at that mix gives about 16 doses.

Q: How strong is the evidence behind these AOD-9604 doses?

AOD-9604 is graded clinical. Human trial or approved-label dosing has been published for this compound. We grade every compound on this site so you can weigh the numbers accordingly — the full method is on our editorial policy page.

1Set Up Your Mix

2.5 mg/mL · 2500 mcg/mL

1. Pick your peptide

2. How much peptide is in the vial? It's printed on the label — usually something like 5 mg

3. How much water are you adding? More water makes each dose easier to measure

4. How much do you want per dose?

Your Answer — AOD-9604

5 mg in 2 mL

12Draw To This Line

0.12That's This Many mL

16Doses In The Vial

5 mg ÷ 2 mL = 2.5 mg/mL → 300 mcg ÷ 2.5 mg/mL = 0.12 mL → × 100 = 12 units

Looks good. Draw to 12 units on a 1 mL syringe. That is an easy amount to measure, and this vial gives you 16 doses.

When to dose

Time of dayOn an empty stomach, most often in the morning.

FoodFasted — leave about 2 hours after eating.

AOD-9604 is a fragment of growth hormone and the same reasoning applies: food raises insulin, which works against the lipolytic effect it is studied for.

2Week-By-Week Plan — AOD-9604

Start low, work up

When	Dose	How Often	How Many mL	Draw To	Number Of Doses	Peptide Used
Weeks 1–2	300 mcg	daily	0.12 mL	12 u	14	4.2 mg
Week 3 onward per 4 weeks from here on	500 mcg	daily	0.2 mL	20 u	28	14 mg

Time until the top dose

2 weeks

Peptide used getting there

4.2 mg

Vials you'll need

1 × 5 mg

Once you're at the top dose

14 mg / 4 wk · 2.8 vials

Where this plan came from

Built from this peptide's dose range

Where this came from: Built from the doses listed for this peptide below — start at the lowest and step up, using the studies cited on this page. Nobody publishes a week-by-week plan for this peptide, so we built one: the doses are the researched ones shown below, and we simply put them in order from lowest to highest. Treat it as a starting point, not an official schedule.

3Common Doses — AOD-9604

worked out for your mix

Level	Dose	How Often	How Many mL	Draw To	Doses In Vial
Commonly reported	300 mcg	1× daily	0.12 mL	12 u	16 doses
Upper reported	500 mcg	1× daily	0.2 mL	20 u	10 doses
Trial dose	1–30 mg	daily, 12 wk	Set by body weight — can't be turned into a single amount to draw

Please read this. These numbers come from published research. They are here as reference, not as instructions. A lot of them come from lab studies rather than studies in people, and some of these peptides have never been given to a person at all.

About AOD-9604

Metabolic / Incretin

Also known as

hGH fragment 176-191

Class

Metabolic / Incretin

Route

Subcutaneous

Half-life

Short (<1 h)

Evidence tier

Clinical

A C-terminal fragment of human growth hormone investigated as an anti-obesity agent. Human trials were conducted, but efficacy on weight endpoints was not compelling enough to advance, which is itself informative.

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Research Equipment

SyringesU-100 insulin · 1 mL · 29–31G

Alcohol wipes70% isopropyl prep pads

Serum base — for topical mixesHyaluronic acid serum for mixing peptides into a serum

Electric cooler caseTSA-approved travel cooler — keeps mixed vials at fridge temperature

Storage caseHard carry case for vials

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Common Questions — AOD-9604

How much bacteriostatic water do I add to a 5 mg vial of AOD-9604?

Adding 2 mL of bacteriostatic water to a 5 mg vial gives 2.5 mg/mL. That is the mix every number on this page is worked out from — change the water figure in the calculator and all the draw amounts update.

What dose of AOD-9604 is used in research?

Published and reported figures for AOD-9604 run from 300 mcg to 500 mcg, typically 1× daily. This site lists each figure with the source it came from rather than giving a single recommended number.

How many units on the syringe is a 300 mcg dose of AOD-9604?

At 2.5 mg/mL, a 300 mcg dose is 12 units on a 1 mL U-100 insulin syringe. One vial at that mix gives about 16 doses.

How strong is the evidence behind these AOD-9604 doses?

AOD-9604 is graded clinical. Human trial or approved-label dosing has been published for this compound. We grade every compound on this site so you can weigh the numbers accordingly — the full method is on our editorial policy page.

Where These Numbers Come From

Clinical — Human trial or approved-label dosing published

The effect of AOD9604 on body composition in obese subjects Heffernan MA, et al. and subsequent Metabolic Pharmaceuticals trial reports, 2000s

Human dosing data plus the negative efficacy signal.

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The effects of human GH and its lipolytic fragment on lipid metabolism Heffernan M, et al. Endocrinology, 2001

Mechanistic basis for the lipolytic claim in preclinical models.

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Newest Studies — —

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Not reviewed by us. This list is pulled straight from Europe PMC as papers are published. Nobody has checked whether these are any good, or whether they change anything above. The dose numbers on this page only ever change after a person reviews the evidence.

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