Are Peptides Just Snake Oil? Don’t Ask the FDA

The Food and Drug Administration will hold meetings this summer to discuss whether compounding pharmacies should be allowed to manufacture half a dozen commonly sought, yet unproven peptides. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claims the move will help shut down the black market for these products.

Something must be done to rein in the current free-for-all. A growing number of Americans are buying unapproved and potentially dangerous products. Unfortunately, the FDA move, purported to make buying peptides less fraught, doesn’t give people what they really need: evidence that they work and are safe.