Skip to content

Metabolic

Metreleptin

Also called Myalept

InjectableEvidence AEvery day
Half-life
4hours
Typical vial
11.3mg
Research amounts
2.5–10mg

per administration

Common schedule
Every day
Tested in people

A human trial worked out how much to take and how often, so a dosing schedule is shown.

Licensed as a medicine in the US and EU.

Work out your draw

These numbers are a starting point — change any of them.

3 mL cartridge · 300 units loaded66units dialled
Concentration
3.77mg/mL
Volume per draw
0.66mL

Requested 0.664 mL

Units to dial
66

Requested 66.37

Doses per cartridge
4

This is 66.4 units, past the 60-unit dial. Splitting it across administrations, or using less water to raise the concentration, brings it back into range.

66.37 units is between clicks. The nearest setting is 66, which delivers 2.486 mg instead of 2.5 mg.

Dial range varies by pen; 1–60 units is the common configuration.

Vial label

Copy this into your label printer.

Published research contexts for Metreleptin describe 2.510 mg per administration. Descriptive only, not a recommendation.

Roughly 4 hours in plasma, consistent with once-daily administration.

Dosing schedule

How Metreleptin is commonly stepped up, for reference only.

These are commonly-discussed research protocols shared for educational reference. This is not medical advice and is not a substitute for guidance from a qualified professional.

PhaseAmountFrequencyRoute
MaintenanceA recombinant leptin analog dosed by body weight; the licensed label titrates within this range.2.5–10 mg (weight-based)Once dailySubQ

Modelled level — every day

1× is the peak after a single dose.

Steady-state peak
1.02× single dose

Read off the modelled curve, not an even-interval formula

Time to steady state
20hours

About five half-lives

Administrations
7/ week

Where these numbers come from

  • Metreleptin (Myalept / Myalepta) label and lipodystrophy studiesLicensed leptin analog given once daily by body weight in generalized and partial lipodystrophy research.

Next steps