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Growth and recovery treatment in Costa Rica

Body composition, recovery and sleep. The dose is set on your IGF-1 and adjusted on repeat testing, never on how you happen to feel that week.

Colegio de Médicos y CirujanosLicensed pharmaciesReceta DigitalAll 7 provinces, by video
Body composition
from $230per monthapprox. ₡115,000 per month
  • An assessment with a physician, by video
  • A seven-marker baseline panel at a laboratory near you
  • A prescription through Receta Digital, if treatment is right for you
  • A repeat panel at three months, then once a year
Measure my biomarkers No payment is taken to book, and we never reply with a prescription.
What it looks at

Growth and recovery: what this programme is for

01

Body composition

The balance of muscle and fat, measured over months rather than judged in a mirror.

02

Recovery

How quickly you bounce back from training, work and travel.

03

Sleep

Deep sleep is when the body does most of its repair.

04

Guided by IGF-1

The dose follows a blood test, not how you happen to feel that week.

How it works

Four steps

Nothing is prescribed before your blood has been drawn and read. We take no margin on your laboratory tests.

  1. 1

    Pre-qualification

    A short questionnaire. Free, no appointment, no clinician. It tells us what to measure, and it rules out anyone this would not be safe for. Not everyone goes further, and that is the point.

  2. 2

    Bloodwork (if applicable)

    Everyone is assessed on blood: the seven baseline markers, plus whatever your answers call for. What varies is only whether you need a fresh draw, or recent results of your own will do.

  3. 3

    Expert plan

    A molecular biologist reads your panel; a physician decides whether medicine is right at all. Either answer comes with a plan — medicine, or nutrition alone. Nobody leaves with nothing.

  4. 4

    Continued monitoring

    Someone stays with you. A repeat panel at three months, then once a year — re-measuring what moved rather than everything, with shorter check-ins in between so nothing drifts unnoticed.

Pricing

Growth and recovery: what it costs

from $230 per month — the medicine and the clinic fee together. The assessment and the laboratory panel are paid once at the start, and the laboratory is paid directly.

Growth and recovery
from $230per monthapprox. ₡115,000 per month
Everyone starts here

The Clinic Fee

The same for every patient, whatever your plan.

Initial assessment, 30 minutes$125₡62,500
Monitoring, and your doctor two to three times a year$125/mo₡62,500
Baseline panel, seven markersfrom $219₡109,300
Repeat panel, three markersfrom $106₡53,000
Sometimes the answer is no medicine.The fee buys the assessment and the reading of your results, not a prescription. If your panel says treatment is not right for you, your doctor will say so — and we would rather tell you that here than after you have paid.

Laboratory figures are the Colegio de Microbiólogos minimum tariff, which is the legal floor in Costa Rica; your laboratory may charge above it, and anything your doctor adds for your own case is extra. Colon figures are converted at ₡500 to the dollar on 22 October 2026, and the rate moves. Package prices are indicative and include the clinic fee above. Medicines are dispensed by a licensed pharmacy and paid for there. Laboratory fees are paid to the laboratory.

The medicine

What your doctor may prescribe

Sermorelin — a shorter peptideIt does not replace growth hormone — it nudges your own gland into making more, so the dose follows your IGF‑1 rather than how you feel that day.
PrescribedSermorelin, prescribed here and dispensed by a licensed pharmacy.
TrackedIGF-1, fasting glucose, HbA1c, thyroid function, lipids
ReviewedFirst review at three months, then once a year.
Your dose

How the dose is decided

  1. On your results, not on a chart. Your doctor sets it after reading your panel and your history with you.
  2. Adjusted on repeat testing. The three-month panel shows what moved, and the plan follows it.
  3. Sometimes the answer is no medicine. If your results say treatment is not right for you, your doctor will say so.
Who reads your results

A physician and a molecular biologist

A panel is only worth what the person reading it knows. These are the people who would read yours.

Dr. Luis Chacón

Dr. Luis Chacón

Prescribing physician

A Costa Rican physician in general practice, with a year of clinical training through the CCSS across primary care, hospital and ambulatory settings. He works daily with chronic pain, sleep disorders and inflammatory conditions, taking an evidence-based approach, and prescribes on what he finds rather than on what is asked for.

M.D., Universidad de Ciencias Médicas (UCIMED)
MED18961 — Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica
Laura Flanagan

Laura Flanagan

Biomarkers

Over thirty years in scientific research as a molecular biologist, now working in functional nutrition. She specialises in functional blood chemistry analysis — reading a panel for the subclinical drift that sits inside the reference range and gets reported as normal. That is the part of this clinic most people underestimate.

B.S., M.S. · Certified Functional Nutrition Counselor, Functional Nutrition Alliance
Member, National Association of Drugless Practitioners

Every prescription is written by a physician registered with the Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica, after an individual assessment, and dispensed by a licensed pharmacy.

Questions

Growth and recovery: common questions

How much does it cost per month?

from $230 per month, which is about ₡115,000 per month. That is the medicine and the clinic fee together. The initial assessment and the laboratory panel are separate, and are set out above.

Do I need blood work first?

Yes. Nothing is prescribed before your blood has been drawn and read. If you have recent results of your own, they may do instead of a fresh draw.

What if my results say medicine is not right for me?

Then your doctor will say so, and you still leave with a plan. The fee buys the assessment and the reading of your results, not a prescription.

Is it covered by insurance?

Usually not. Laboratory fees are paid to the laboratory and medicines at the pharmacy, so you can see every part of what you pay.

Is this growth hormone?

No. It does not replace growth hormone. It nudges your own gland into making more of its own, which is why IGF‑1 is measured before you start and again as you go.

How is the dose decided?

On your IGF‑1 and your other results, and adjusted on repeat testing. Never on how you feel on a given day.

Is it right for everyone?

No, and the assessment is there to find out. Some conditions and some results rule it out, and your doctor will tell you if yours do.

Measure it rather than guess

Every patient starts the same way: an assessment with a physician, then a full biomarker panel drawn at a laboratory near you. Whether any medicine follows is your doctor’s decision, made after reading your results with you.

Measure my biomarkers
Metabolic Men’s hormones Women’s hormones Metformin Cardiovascular

This page is information about a medical service. It is not medical advice, and nothing on it recommends or promotes any specific medicine. Treatment is prescribed only by a licensed physician after an individual assessment, and only where clinically appropriate.