Frontloading

Last updated August 2026

Taking a larger initial dose to reach a target level in the body faster, before settling into a regular maintenance dose. Often discussed with longer-half-life compounds.

Frontloading is essentially a math exercise built around a compound's half-life: the goal is to shorten the time spent climbing toward a steady blood level. In practice this means the first injection or two draw more units than the maintenance dose that follows, so the same reconstituted vial simply empties faster during the opening phase. It changes dose timing, not the concentration of the solution itself.

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