Is CJC-1295 / Ipamorelin legal in the United States?

The most popular peptide pair on the market. It is sold as 5 mg plus 5 mg, or 10 mg plus 10 mg, in one vial, so each peptide is half the powder by weight. No published study has tested CJC-1295 with ipamorelin in people or in animals. And the two peptides clear from the body at speeds roughly a hundredfold apart, so no single shot schedule is right for both.

CJC-1295 and ipamorelin are sold together more often than either is sold alone. The sellers' logic is real science.

How it works: Two switches on the same pituitary cell. CJC-1295 presses the GHRH switch, which makes each growth hormone burst bigger.

Approval history: Not approved. Neither part is an approved drug, and the mix has never been sent to a regulator or studied.

Approves prescription drugs, each for a named use. It also acts against unapproved products, including peptides sold online. Compounding pharmacies, which mix drugs to order, may make some compounds with a prescription. That only applies when the FDA puts the compound in a category of bulk ingredients it allows.

The legal category above is how The Longevity Archive reads U.S. Food and Drug Administration listings for CJC-1295 / Ipamorelin on the reviewed date. It is not a legal opinion. Rules change. Bringing a compound into the country, prescribing it and owning it can each be treated differently. Check with the agency before you act on anything here.

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Whether CJC-1295 / Ipamorelin is banned in sport is set by the World Anti-Doping Code and by military rules, not by its legal status in the United States. Before you compete or get tested, look up CJC-1295 / Ipamorelin by name on the Prohibited List, or look up a named product in Global DRO. Under the World Anti-Doping Code, category S0 bans, at all times, any drug-like substance that meets two tests. No other section of the List covers it. And no government health regulator anywhere has a current approval for it as a treatment in people. Many substances that are approved somewhere are banned by name in another section. So approval does not mean a substance is allowed in sport.

• WADA Prohibited List
• Global DRO (check a named product)
• USADA (US athletes)
• Operation Supplement Safety (US service members)

The rules you compete or serve under decide this, not this page.