Are peptides FDA approved?

Some are, most are not. Semaglutide, tirzepatide, tesamorelin, and bremelanotide (PT-141) are FDA approved drugs for specific conditions. The peptides most talked about in fitness and longevity circles, including BPC-157, TB-500, CJC-1295, ipamorelin, and epitalon, are not FDA approved for any use. They are sold as research chemicals. Approval goes compound by compound. It is never true of peptides as a group.

Every FDA-approved compound in the archive, as a list

Educational use only. This database summarizes published research and is not medical advice. Where a dose appears it is a record of what a trial or clinic ran, or what people describe doing, with its source attached. Nothing here is a recommendation for personal use.

Part of research peptides, the category. What research peptides are, legally and practically, before getting into specific compounds.