Is ______ Peptide Legal? / “The Clean Version” video

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Is ______ Peptide Legal?

1. Approved for Compounding

These are active ingredients in FDA-approved drugs or have a recognized monograph, making them legal for pharmacies to compound.

First 5 are all for weight loss:

Liraglutide
Semaglutide
Sermorelin
Tesamorelin
Tirzepatide
GHK-Cu (skin benefits – approved for Topical only)
NAD+ – mitochondria / energy / inflammation

2. Legal to Purchase / Not allowed for Compounding

These are legal to purchase for research purposes but have not been approved for compounding in a pharmacy. This often means they don’t have enough information or that no application has been made.

The reason you may see a few of them available at compounding pharmacies is likely because they are operating under State-level interpretations, but they are not Federally approved for compounding.

5-Amino-1MQ – Fat cell metabolism / energy / mitochondria
AOD-9604
ARA-290 – Nerve pain & regeneration
BPC-157
CJC-1295
DSIP – Delta Sleep Inducing Peptide
Epitalon – anti-aging / circadian rhythm
GHK-Cu (Injectable)
Ipamorelin
KPV – anti inflammatory, antifungal, antibacterial, mast cell calming
Larazotide
Melanotan I & II
MOTS-c (we prefer NAD+)
P-21
Selank – anti anxiety
Semax
Thymogen Alpha 1 – immune system regulation
Thymosin Alpha-1
TB4 Frag / Thymosin Beta-4 / TB-500 – tissue healing
Organ Bioregulators (Adrenals, Bladder, Blood Vessels, Bone Marrow, Brain, Cartilage, Eyes, Heart, Kidneys, Liver, Lungs, Muscle, Ovaries, Pancreas, Parathyroid, Pineal Gland, Prostate, Retina, Stomach, Testes, Thymus, Thyroid)
Other Peptides not listed but mentioned on this page

3. FDA Banned / Illegal to Purchase

These are specific investigational or counterfeit substances that the FDA has targeted with Import Alerts or Warning Letters, making their sale illegal even when labeled for research.

Retatrutide
Cagrilintide
Counterfeit GLP-1s (Any generic version of a patented drug sourced from unverified foreign suppliers)