Social media users have undoubtedly heard other users or influencers hype up the use of peptides for a variety of reasons, but an FDA advisory panel is set to meet this week to discuss whether those peptides should be available via certain compounding pharmacies.
The FDA panel will meet Thursday and Friday to review seven different peptides, and whether compounding pharmacies will be permitted to make them again in the United States.
While many experts caution there isn’t enough evidence to indicate whether peptides work as intended in humans, many Chicago-area residents have said they’ve had positive results.
When Erin Palumbo began experiencing bothersome perimenopause symptoms, she turned to hormone replacement therapy for help, which caused her to gain weight.
“I had gained a significant amount of weight, I was tired, I didn’t feel like myself,” she said.
Palumbo ended up pairing the HRT’s with semaglutide and a popular peptide stack known as “Glo,” aiming to help her appearance and mood.
“We start to lose the collagen in our skin. We start to lose energy,” she said.
“Glo” includes two peptides, BPC-157 and TB-500, that will be among the seven evaluated by the FDA advisory committee, which will be tasked with deciding whether to loosen restrictions on the popular peptides.
According to Harvard Health Publishing, the benefits and risks of using injectable peptides as supplements are largely unknown.
Influencers and social media users have hyped peptides as a way to support muscle growth, skin health, cognitive function and sleep quality, but those claims have not been verified by the FDA.
Peptides are short chains of amino acids, the building blocks of proteins. Insulin is a peptide for example, as are many widely used GLP-1 medications used for weight loss, according to Harvard. Those peptides are FDA approved, but the ones being evaluated by the committee are not.
Arturo Gomez began taking peptides when he turned 50, and he says they’ve helped him with the aches and pains associated with aging.
“Being able to get out of bed and feel better than I had before (is great),” he said.
Unlike the thousands of peptides naturally produced in the body, the synthetic peptide compounds are made in a lab, and are typically administered by injection.
Dr. Bal Nandra, who oversees Palumbo and Gomez’s use of peptides at a clinic known as TransformRx, stresses the importance of physician-led care and proper sourcing for the compounds.
“Peptides are safe if you follow the right guidelines and you use the right sources to get them,” he said. “Physician-guided and prescribed, full screening, and peptides that are sourced from a good quality source are safe.”
Health and Human Services Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has long been a proponent of peptides, and he has argued easing regulations would shift people away from an unknown online market that’s exploded in popularity.
The American Medical Association advises people to consult a physician before using them, in a statement saying it recommends:
“That unapproved synthetic peptide products undergo FDA regulatory review, and third-party testing to demonstrate their safety and efficacy before marketing or clinical use.”
Hearings will get underway Thursday, and those interested can watch the proceedings at the following link.
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