FDA panel on peptides will include experts who promote the unproven chemicals favored by RFK Jr.

When U.S. health officials meet next month to reconsider a list of controversial peptide drugs, they will hear from a new set ...
Onrec

Compounded Medications and Regulation: What Patients Should Know

The new-age pharmaceutical landscape shows a growing reliance on customized, specialized therapies known to customers as compounded medicines. Compounding occurs when an approved and licensed ...
HealioOpinion

Physicians should remember ‘do no harm’ when using compounded medications

Compounded medications currently represent an estimated 1% to 3% of all prescriptions written in the United States, according ...
News Medical

What Are Compounded Medicines — and Why Do They Matter?

Discover how compounding pharmacies are transforming healthcare by creating tailor-made medications for patients with unique needs, offering critical alternatives when standard drugs fall short, and ...
Seeking Alpha

SOXL And SOXS Explained: Inside Leveraged Semiconductor ETFs

Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF and Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X ETF are the most actively traded in the sector, surpassing even traditional ETF volumes. The SOXS and SOXL funds are ...
Reuters

Lower cost Novo, Lilly weight-loss pills draw patients from compounded drugs, doctors say

LONDON/NEW YORK, May 21 (Reuters) - Lower prices for weight-loss pills from Novo Nordisk (NOVOb.CO), opens new tab and Eli Lilly (LLY.N), opens new tab are prompting patients to switch from compounded ...
Psychology Today

The Dangerous Allure of Compounded GLP-1 Drugs

A recent op-ed in the Washington Post describes the story of an author who decided he wanted to lose weight. Although he was healthy, he heard from friends how easy and effective GLP-1 medications ...
ProPublica

RFK Jr. May Reverse a Peptide Ban He Calls “Illegal.” Former FDA Officials Say He Mischaracterized Their Work.

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every ...
NPR

The wellness world is eager for RFK Jr.'s promised move on peptides

Is peptide liberation day near, at long last? For the past month, wellness and longevity enthusiasts have eagerly waited for the federal government to loosen restrictions on some of the trendy and ...
Yahoo

The era of $199 copycat weight loss drugs is ending — and it could cost patients

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hims & Hers will now sell only the cheaper weight loss drugs at a limited scale, the company says. (Hims and Hers) Hims & Hers had ...
NPR

Influencers are promoting peptides for better health. What does the science say?

Search the term "peptides" and a long list of online retailer options will pop up. You'll be offered vials of molecules with funky names that sound like exoplanets: GHK-CU, CJC12-95, Thymosin Beta-4.
Scientific American

Compound weight-loss drugs are everywhere. The FDA is cracking down

People who order low-cost versions of the wildly popular weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Zepbound from so-called compounding pharmacies might soon see disruptions in their medication. The U.S. Food and ...