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Articles
How to read a sequence, a trial, and a research vial without confusing them.
2026-08-26 · 7 min
What “approved” means on a Strand record
Status names the object in hand. It is not the evidence grade, and it does not travel to a similarly named research compound.
2026-08-26 · 7 min
An advisory committee is not a listing
A Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee meeting can put a substance on the agenda. It cannot put it on the 503A list.
2026-08-26 · 7 min
The labelled use names who was studied
A sex-specific labelled use names a product and a trial population. It does not create a class of peptides.
2026-08-24 · 11 min
How to get peptides, and who pays
Doctor and pharmacy, compounding, trials, grey market, insurance — including Medicare’s 2026–2027 weight-loss program.
2026-08-02 · 7 min
Mitochondrial peptides: MOTS-c and the early map
A 16-residue sequence encoded in mtDNA, a cardiolipin-binding tetrapeptide in actual trials, and the distance between a mouse and a protocol.
2026-07-09 · 8 min
Research vials are not pharmacy drugs
Approved drugs, compounded copies, and “not for human use” powders are three different objects.
2026-06-18 · 10 min
GLP-1 medicines: the data, not the hype
What STEP, SELECT, and SURMOUNT actually showed — and the cautions the marketing stack leaves on the floor.
2026-05-03 · 9 min
How to read peptide evidence
A grading scale for a field that mixes landmark trials with mouse tendons and Telegram anecdotes.