Peptide guides

What each peptide is, and what the research shows

One page per peptide. Plain words. Every claim linked to PubMed or FDA, and every study graded by how strong it is.

Tirzepatide

An FDA approved prescription injection that acts on two gut hormone receptors at once to lower blood sugar and reduce body weight....

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Retatrutide

An experimental triple hormone receptor drug for weight and blood sugar. Every human result so far comes from one company, Eli Lilly....

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BPC-157

BPC-157 is a lab-made peptide copied from a fragment of a protein in human stomach fluid. Almost everything known about it comes from rats. ...

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Sermorelin

A 29 amino acid fragment of natural growth hormone releasing hormone that was FDA approved for childhood growth hormone deficiency, pulled f...

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Tesamorelin

An FDA approved growth hormone releasing hormone drug for one narrow use, reducing belly fat in HIV related lipodystrophy. Most people buyin...

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GHK-Cu

GHK-Cu is a small natural peptide that binds copper and occurs in human blood. Every human trial found tested it as a skin cream or scalp se...

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Ipamorelin

A growth hormone releasing peptide with exactly one published human trial. It was a small surgery study that found no benefit over placebo....

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MOTS-c

A short peptide the body already makes inside its own mitochondria. Mice given it stay leaner and more insulin sensitive; in people it has o...

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GLOW

GLOW is a name used for one vial that mixes three peptides: GHK-Cu, BPC-157 and TB-500. It is not one peptide, and no published study has te...

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TB-500

TB-500 is the name used for a lab-made fragment of a natural protein called thymosin beta-4. Nearly every published human study used the ful...

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KLOW

KLOW is a name used for one vial that mixes four peptides: GHK-Cu, BPC-157, TB-500 and KPV. It is not one peptide, and no published study ha...

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Semax

A synthetic ACTH fragment peptide developed and sold as a prescription nasal drug in Russia for stroke and other brain conditions. It has ne...

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Selank

A Russian-developed anxiolytic peptide sold by prescription in Russia. Never approved by FDA or EMA, and most of its clinical record is smal...

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KPV

KPV is a three amino acid piece of a natural hormone, studied only in mice and in human cells in a lab dish. No published human study of any...

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