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Peptides, graded

All 57 Compounds, Graded on Human Trials

Every compound on the Table in one place: its grade, its count of completed randomized trials in people, its approval and its sport status.

  1. 1All 27 Grade A compounds are approved medicines.1
  2. 2Of the 28 compounds approved in neither the US nor the EU, 20 have two or fewer completed randomized trials.1
  3. 3Nine have none at all, BPC-157 and TB-500 among them.1
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The short answer

A grade answers one question: how many completed randomized trials in people back this compound? A trial counts only when it passes five tests, set out on our Method page.2 Here are the names people ask about most. The PDF has all 57.

The names people ask about most1
BPC-157
Grade
D: No randomized trial
Trials counted
0
Sport
Banned
TB-500
Grade
D: No randomized trial
Trials counted
0
Sport
Banned
GHK-Cu (copper tripeptide)
Grade
C: Small studies
Trials counted
2+
Sport
Not named
MOTS-c
Grade
D: No randomized trial
Trials counted
0
Sport
Banned
Ipamorelin
Grade
C: Small studies
Trials counted
2
Sport
Banned
CJC-1295
Grade
C: Small studies
Trials counted
1
Sport
Banned
Retatrutide
Grade
B: Some trials
Trials counted
5+
Sport
Not named
Semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy, Rybelsus)
Grade
A: Large trials
Trials counted
12+
Sport
Monitored
Tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound)
Grade
A: Large trials
Trials counted
8+
Sport
Monitored

A plus sign means the record counts more trials than it lists so far.

16 of 57

compounds on the Table are on WADA's Prohibited List, banned in sport.3

The full PDF, free.

  • All 57 compounds in one printable list, least-tested first
  • The count of completed randomized trials behind every grade
  • Approval in the US and the EU, and sport status, for each one
  • The five tests a study must pass before it counts

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The fair line
A count shows how much testing exists. It does not show that a compound works or is safe, and it says nothing about a vial sold online under the same name. Some grades were set before the counting rule was written down and wait for a re-grade, which the changelog lists when it happens.2