Category 1 status allows licensed compounding pharmacies to prepare a compound for patients under a physician's prescription
It has become very popular in fitness, bodybuilding, and injury recovery circles for its purported ability to accelerate healing of muscles, tendons, and ligaments
This also means theyre not subject to safety, quality, and purity testing
If youre interested in supporting energy, recovery, longevity, skin health, hair growth, immunity, or intimacy, peptide therapy may be a valuable addition to your wellness plan
PubMed 18068698 TB-4 / TB-500 product mislabeling documented bidirectional mislabeling between full-length TB-4 (43 aa) and the TB-500 fragment (residues 1723) in marketed peptide products: Esposito M et al
Lastly, BPC-157 is not FDA-approved and lacks long-term safety data for humans