In 2023, the FDA deemed 19 peptide drugs too unsafe to be dispensed by compounding pharmacies, which mix components of approved drugs to create bespoke medication for people who have trouble taking The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is moving toward allowing compounding pharmacies to produce more than a dozen injectable peptides that were banned because of potentially significant safety risks, the New York Gray Market Peptides: So Much Hype, So Little Data I spent 4 months reporting on the peptide BPC 157 and its unlikely journey from a research lab in post communist Croatia to today's MAHA movement. Ask me anything. : r IAmA As unregulated peptides grow in popularity, doctors warn of unknown risks ABC7 San Francisco The peptide problem: Hype is outrunning the evidence