Peptide explainers.
Amazon entered peptides. The FDA is deregulating 12+ more. Here's what changes.
“Amazon just launched a $149/month oral GLP-1 programme through One Medical. The FDA is deregulating more than a dozen peptides. The category just broke out of the biohacker Discord and into mainstream retail.”
Editorially reviewed — medical review pendingCJC-1295 · 7 minEveryone's injecting peptides. Almost no one is measuring them.
“Bryan Johnson just posted a four-week peptide protocol with a dozen biomarkers behind it. That's the bar. The biohacker wave is running without a feedback loop, and that's the real risk.”
Editorially reviewed — medical review pendingBPC-157 · 5 minScientists rebuilt destroyed rat knees with BPC-157
“Cut the ACL. Cut the MCL. Ripped out the meniscus. Then they ran BPC. 4 weeks later the joint looked like it had never been touched.”
Editorially reviewed — medical review pendingGHK-Cu (injectable) · 4 minGHK-Cu searches are up 1,016%. Here's why it's the biggest story of 2026
“One copper tripeptide has hit a 1,016% year-on-year surge in search volume. TikTok caught on. The beauty industry followed. Most people still don't know what it is.”
Editorially reviewed — medical review pendingBPC-157 · 7 minThe $328M peptide gray market — what it is, who's behind it, and what happens next
“In 2025, $328 million of peptide material was imported into the US outside the licensed pharmaceutical channel. That isn't bootleg — that's an entire category.”
Editorially reviewed — medical review pendingNAD+ · 5 minNAD searches are up 601% alongside 'peptide therapy'. Here's why longevity clinics already changed their mind
“NAD+ isn't a peptide. It's co-searched with 'peptide therapy' at a 601% year-on-year growth rate. That tells you everything about how the category is expanding.”
Editorially reviewed — medical review pendingOrforglipron · 5 minOrforglipron: the pill that could end the semaglutide injection era
“Every GLP-1 on the market is an injection. Lilly's orforglipron is a once-daily pill — with weight loss matching Wegovy in Phase 3.”
Editorially reviewed — medical review pendingRetatrutide · 6 min28 lbs lost in 22 days on retatrutide — what people get wrong about the 'king of GLP-1'
“Nass Eddequiouaq lost 28 lbs in 22 days on retatrutide 2 mg/week. The viral post hides the less-comfortable reality of this compound.”
Editorially reviewed — medical review pending