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by tim-tday 3 days ago
Shouldn’t we just call them unlicensed and untested injectable drugs? “Peptides” is both excessively broad and insufficiently informative. The purpose of these injections is to cause the body to behave differently. That’s what a drug does. These concoctions haven’t been tested and approved. Giving them a new name gives the public the impression they’re a new thing. They are not. They are an old thing: an untested drug.
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Given the:

> The panel's endorsement of peptides was a striking rejection of the FDA's stance against them.

I'm guessing these are all political appointees?

i thought you were refering to the admin in charge of the FDA