GHB, Growth Hormone, and the Architecture of Sleep

Jason Camm sent Epstein a detailed clinical memo explaining how GHB initiates stage 3/4 deep sleep — associated with growth hormone release and memory consolidation — unlike benzodiazepines which suppress it. Epstein used Ambien on alternate nights. Camm recommended a 3-night sleep study and referenced a MetaMed report.

Peter Thiel responded on the same thread: "Quick feedback from my on-staff health expert... Last night was a lot of fun, as always!" MetaMed — the personalized medicine startup referenced by Camm — was funded by Thiel. The GHB protocol was a clinically managed anti-aging intervention shared between Epstein and Thiel's medical networks.