The "Wild West" of Peptides | with Rick Manuel
Half of what this pharmacy compounds is GLP-1s. The other half is a category most benefits professionals have never had to think about, and probably will within a few years.
I got a tour of Optimal Balance Pharmacy's facility and sat down with co-owner Rick Manuel to talk through what peptides actually are, how the FDA's category two list works, and what happens if those compounds move to category one.
We get into why BPC-157 has a better safety profile than ibuprofen and the mechanism behind that, how lyophilization quietly strips 30 to 40% of protein concentration out of the product people…
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