Purified PIG BRAIN Peptides Improve Quality Of Life! Cerebrolysin Deep-Dive!

VigorousSteveCreator20 minFeb 202239K views

A bodybuilder describes a few weeks of daily Cerebrolysin injections, covering brain fog, sleep, mood, contest prep, hair loss and unknown dosing, as one person's anecdote.

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0:14Why he tried CerebrolysinSteve introduces Cerebrolysin and says he used it mostly for post exercise brain fog and next day cognition, noting he has none of the conditions it is prescribed for.
1:56Medical uses and social anxietyHe lists the conditions he says Cerebrolysin is prescribed for and reports that his own social anxiety fully resolved during the trial.
3:41His dosing protocolHe describes 5 ml to 10 ml before bed after evening workouts, up to seven days a week, and says morning dosing gave him brain fog.
5:07Intramuscular injection experienceSteve says the intramuscular shots were very smooth with no post injection burning, and that he split 5 ml between the two quads.
7:09Central nervous system recovery and sleepHe says his recovery after hard sessions was almost flawless and that he woke more refreshed, though sleep duration stayed at about 6 to 7 hours.
9:53Use during contest prepHe argues that 5 ml to 10 ml before bed could help with anxiety and sleep late in a prep, while admitting he outtrained the effect himself.
12:17Mood on cycleHe reports unusually little irritability on testosterone, Primobolan and Nanovar, and puts his overall improvement at 25 to 50%.
14:41Hair loss questionSteve says he may have lost a little hair, lists other possible causes, and says he would accept the trade.
17:03Unknown concentrationsHe criticizes the lack of published amounts of each neurotrophic factor per ml and likens the product to a proprietary blend.

What the video says

VigorousSteve, a bodybuilder and creator, describes his own experience with Cerebrolysin, which he characterizes as a mixture of four enzymatically treated peptides derived from purified brain tissue. He notes that, by his account, it has not been associated with prion disease across roughly 30 years of clinical use since approval in Russia and some East European countries around 1992. He says the only adverse effect he could find is possible hair loss, which he links to the brain derived neurotrophic factor it contains.

His main reason for trying it was to reduce post exercise brain fog and help his thinking the next day, and he says it worked better for that than Semax and Selank. He reports injecting 5 ml to 10 ml intramuscularly, usually before bed after evening training, five to seven times per week, with 10 ml on leg days. He describes the injections as unusually smooth compared with other water based products. He says his social anxiety resolved, his sleep felt more refreshing though not longer, and his central nervous system recovery was almost flawless.

He also tells a cautionary story: because he felt protected, he kept adding training volume until he was badly overtrained, which he says shows you can outtrain Cerebrolysin. He suggests it could suit the end of a contest prep, when high dose steroids impair sleep and raise anxiety. He says his mood stayed calm on testosterone, Primobolan and Nanovar, and he estimates overall quality of life improved by 25 to 50%.

On drawbacks, he says he noticed a little hair loss but cannot separate it from age, a prior Semax and Selank trial, or 375 milligrams of Primobolan, and he calls it a trade he would accept. He also criticizes the lack of published concentrations for the neurotrophic factors, comparing the product to a proprietary blend. The video is a personal account with no controlled data.

On each compound

Cerebrolysin 0:14

Steve describes it as a mixture of four enzymatically treated brain-derived peptides and says he used 5 ml to 10 ml intramuscularly before bed. He reports less brain fog, better sleep quality, calmer mood and no social anxiety, and flags possible hair loss and unknown ingredient concentrations.

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Semax 1:33

Steve says he used Semax and Selank earlier, found they helped mood, cognition and neuroinflammation, and judged Cerebrolysin stronger for post exercise brain fog.

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Selank 1:33

Steve says he used Selank together with Semax earlier, and that the pair gave him a mood and cognition boost before he moved to Cerebrolysin.

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Dihexa 1:33

Steve mentions he plans a comprehensive overview of Dihexa after he finishes trying it himself.

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What this video doesn’t settle

It is one person's account over a few weeks, with no control group, blinding or measurements, so the effects he reports cannot be separated from placebo or other factors.
He was also using anabolic steroids and other drugs during the trial, so mood and sleep changes cannot be attributed to Cerebrolysin alone.
Steve says the concentration of each neurotrophic factor per ml is not published, so the dose he describes is not tied to a known amount of active ingredient.

Questions this video answers

What dose of Cerebrolysin does VigorousSteve use?

He says he used 5 ml to 10 ml, five to seven times per week, taken before bed after evening training. On his two weekly leg days he used 10 ml, split between the left and right quads. These are his own amounts, not a recommendation.

Does Cerebrolysin cause hair loss according to this video?

Steve says the only side effect he found was possible hair loss, which he links to the brain derived neurotrophic factor in it. He admits he cannot separate it from age, earlier peptides or the Primobolan he was taking, and calls it a trade he would accept.

Does Steve say Cerebrolysin is linked to prion disease?

He says it has never been associated with prion disease over about 30 years of clinical use since approval around 1992 in Russia and some East European countries. He adds that 30 years is not a lifetime of evidence and calls it reasonably safe.

How does Cerebrolysin compare with Semax and Selank in this video?

Steve says he used Semax and Selank first and found they improved mood and cognition. He says Cerebrolysin had a more pronounced effect on post exercise brain fog, which was his main goal.

Video by VigorousSteve on YouTube, embedded as published. The summary is written by PeptidesDNA from the video; every claim in it is the speaker’s. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the creator. Not medical advice.