I don't know how long people will be willing to pay so much for something that is complex and expensive to develop and test, but extremely cheap to produce, to the point that we are talking about a few dollars a week when buying peptides on the gray market.
In terms of safety, empirically, it seems extremely safe for a molecule with such a strong and reliable effect. I bought some peptides and the most frustrating part of the whole endeavor was buying 5 ml syringes: local pharmacies require a prescription, but I managed to buy them on Amazon.
When something is so easy to produce and distribute, we will have many more people buying peptides on the gray market (cheaper) and syringes on Amazon (faster).
I expect there will soon be a crackdown on the gray market, or at least an attempt at one, but how effective can the government be when no one has ever said, “I can't find cocaine tonight”?
I am referring to the gray market: you buy the peptide in powdered form, reconstitute it using bacteriostatic water, store it in the fridge, and inject once a week. The protocols are well known.
Some people titrate (adjust the dose up every two weeks), others stay at the same dose as the initial one (1-2 mg per week), and some fit people use half of the initial dose (0.5 mg per week). Retatrutide/GLP-3, which has yet to be approved for human use (FDA is expected to give the thumbs up by the end of the year), is used, I'd venture to guess, by millions of people at this point.
In terms of safety, empirically, it seems extremely safe for a molecule with such a strong and reliable effect. I bought some peptides and the most frustrating part of the whole endeavor was buying 5 ml syringes: local pharmacies require a prescription, but I managed to buy them on Amazon. When something is so easy to produce and distribute, we will have many more people buying peptides on the gray market (cheaper) and syringes on Amazon (faster).
I expect there will soon be a crackdown on the gray market, or at least an attempt at one, but how effective can the government be when no one has ever said, “I can't find cocaine tonight”?