Is PT-141 legal in Canada?

An FDA-approved shot for low sexual desire in women who have not gone through menopause.

PT-141, also called bremelanotide, was approved by the FDA in June 2019 as Vyleesi. It is for women who have not gone through menopause and who have lost their desire for sex over time, in every situation, in a way that bothers them.

How it works: It switches on melanocortin receptors in the brain, mostly one called MC4R. Those are part of the brain's desire and arousal pathways.

Approval history: FDA-approved (Vyleesi)

Allows a drug to be sold by issuing a Notice of Compliance and a Drug Identification Number (DIN). A compound that is not allowed for sale cannot legally be sold for use in people. Bringing in prescription drugs for your own use is also limited.

The legal category above is how The Longevity Archive reads Health Canada, Health Products and Food Branch listings for PT-141 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.

Check Health Canada directly

Whether PT-141 is banned in sport is set by the World Anti-Doping Code and by military rules, not by its legal status in Canada. Before you compete or get tested, look up PT-141 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)

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