Yet another article on Peps - ‘People are turning themselves into lab rats’: the injectable peptides craze sweeping the US

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‘People are turning themselves into lab rats’: the injectable peptides craze sweeping the US

Though lab-made peptides are touted as a cure-all, they are not FDA-regulated and pose serious risks, experts warn
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

Though lab-made peptides are touted as a cure-all, they are not FDA-regulated and pose serious risks, experts warn
Across platforms like Discord and Telegram, users are claiming these peptides help with everything from injury recovery, athletic performance, weight loss, mental function, better sleep and younger-looking skin.
 
Who are the people throwing or attending "peptide raves?" Are they in here?

If anyone I'm friendly with here goes to or hosts a "peptide rave" with a straight face, I beg you, please don't tell me. Everybody I'm friendly with here is funny and smart and seems cool, and I want to keep that impression.
 
Peptidesearch said:
www.theguardian.com

‘People are turning themselves into lab rats’: the injectable peptides craze sweeping the US

Though lab-made peptides are touted as a cure-all, they are not FDA-regulated and pose serious risks, experts warn
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

Though lab-made peptides are touted as a cure-all, they are not FDA-regulated and pose serious risks, experts warn
Across platforms like Discord and Telegram, users are claiming these peptides help with everything from injury recovery, athletic performance, weight loss, mental function, better sleep and younger-looking skin.
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Blah blah blah haha
 
Though it is written in a fear mongering kind of way, none of the statements about medical risks of grey peptides in that article are actually incorrect.
GLP peptides from grey sources are slightly more risky than the brand name ones, due to risks of contamination, mislabelling and dosing errors. But in people with more severe obesity who cannot afford the expensive versions, the benefits outweigh the harms in my opinion.
For overweight, not obese persons the equation is not as simple.
For most of the non GLP peptides their long term or even short term safety is unknown as they have never had human trials for effectiveness or safety, so it is absolutely true that their long term risks are unknown, and could be significant.
 
randompersonrandom said:
Who are the people throwing or attending "peptide raves?" Are they in here?

If anyone I'm friendly with here goes to or hosts a "peptide rave" with a straight face, I beg you, please don't tell me. Everybody I'm friendly with here is funny and smart and seems cool, and I want to keep that impression.
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We are here! Come to my place, it will have the party balloons/pineapples on the mailbox, bring your glow sticks, and most importantly BYOP (bring your own peptides)!!!!XD
 
Mr. Blonde said:
We are here! Come to my place, it will have the party balloons/pineapples on the mailbox, bring your glow sticks, and most importantly BYOP (bring your own peptides)!!!!XD
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Did you mean GLOW sticks? We could even do party favors with mystery vials and everyone would have figure out what they got. Genius! /s
 
Mr. Blonde said:
We are here! Come to my place, it will have the party balloons/pineapples on the mailbox, bring your glow sticks, and most importantly BYOP (bring your own peptides)!!!!XD
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Chili777 said:
Did you mean GLOW sticks? We could even do party favors with mystery vials and everyone would have figure out what they got. Genius! /s
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That actually sounds fun!!!!
Count me in!!!
 
redbullwings said:
Love scrolling through tiktok and seeing random people on LIVE reconstituting peptides & posting links 😍😍
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Is this sarcasm..?
Chili777 said:
The idiot ticktokers are poisoning the well for everyone. And for what? They don't make any money. They just want to show how hip they are and hang with the Kool kids. Idiots. Yeah, and get offa my lawn, too!
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YES!! Shakes cane I don’t need anymore
Not_Your_Dad said:
"eXpErtS wArn"

Fuck you.

That is all.
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💯💯💯
rpm2026 said:
I, for one, am a happy lab rat.
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Me too.
SolidChick said:
They’re just mad we had we came up with a way to care for ourselves without spending top dollar. No more medical price gouging.
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I honestly think this is 100000000% the issue.
 
randompersonrandom said:
Who are the people throwing or attending "peptide raves?" Are they in here?

If anyone I'm friendly with here goes to or hosts a "peptide rave" with a straight face, I beg you, please don't tell me. Everybody I'm friendly with here is funny and smart and seems cool, and I want to keep that impression.
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Naw! That was a South Park episode.
 
redbullwings said:
Love scrolling through tiktok and seeing random people on LIVE reconstituting peptides & posting links 😍😍
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ngl i learned about peptides from tiktok half a year ago. idk what triggered it but i kept scrolling past because i thought “lol people are falling for this shit? it’s OBVIOUSLY a scam!”

look at me now.

never saw any reconstitution vids though.
 
lessthanhalf said:
Though it is written in a fear mongering kind of way, none of the statements about medical risks of grey peptides in that article are actually incorrect.
GLP peptides from grey sources are slightly more risky than the brand name ones, due to risks of contamination, mislabelling and dosing errors. But in people with more severe obesity who cannot afford the expensive versions, the benefits outweigh the harms in my opinion.
For overweight, not obese persons the equation is not as simple.
For most of the non GLP peptides their long term or even short term safety is unknown as they have never had human trials for effectiveness or safety, so it is absolutely true that their long term risks are unknown, and could be significant.
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In actuality, that isn’t correct. Has anyone ever sent in their brand name product for testing?? How would we know it’s clean & accurate? I guess you hadn’t heard about the hair found in their brand name pen. They (I think it was Novo) started using a facility in the midwest plagued with previous violations like rat infestations and hairs in product. Now their products are contaminated. I wonder how much product was contaminated before it was flagged.

I know what is in my grey and black market products because I test and filter everything.

As for the FDA, are we suddenly respecting them now?? Isn’t this the sane institution that pressed forward on a vax that was COMPLETELY untested in humans, while suppressing and revoking decades long approval for ivernectin and Thymosin Alpha-1 because they were being used as successful treatments?! I think pretty much the entire population has lost respect for the FDA..
 
It's a pretty pipeline:

pharmaceutical companies $ -> journalists -> scare-mongering article -> new laws and enforcement -> $$$ for pharmaceutical companies

Government action is coming, although it may take 5-10 years (anyone remember Napster?). There is far too much money in effective weight-loss for governments not to crack down on peptides (even as pot gets rescheduled in the US, and as hard drugs legalized in Europe). But it's sad, because when the government does crack down, it's going to negatively impact the health of many people. They'll be fatter than they need to be, more diabetic, eventually turning into more heart attacks and more cancer. Some might impoverish their families to pay for the medications legitimately.

Good journalism good help here, articles that actually weigh out the costs and the benefits. But the journalist-industrial complex doesn't allow for that.
 
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