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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Adrienne Matei

‘People are turning themselves into lab rats’: the injectable peptides craze sweeping the US

a person's hands holding a syringe
Grey-market injectable peptides have developed a devoted following among biohackers and health optimizers. Composite: The Guardian/Getty Images

Here’s a new trend that sounds unwise: buying unregulated substances from dealers in foreign countries and injecting them into your body.

And yet, grey-market injectable peptides – a category of substances with obscure, alphanumeric names like BPC-157, GHK-Cu, or TB-500 – have developed a devoted following among biohackers and health optimizers.

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