Dr. Dominik Schaffner

Worst case scenario, you're getting a peptide that is contaminated with some form of microorganisms or heavy metals, which is terrible news, right?

And in saying so, you should never default back to using anything from a web store.

Peptides are clearly classified as prescription-only medications.

Yeah.

And in fact, they're part of a path that is called special access scheme that is only accessible to qualified medical professionals with expertise in the sector.

I am very surprised about this.

I believe there is some drive in cracking down on this.

Now, the problem is that a lot of influencers just talk about it, right?

And most of the marketing is influencer marketing in this regard, right?

So they get away with saying things, you know, obviously, but also...

Correct, and it does, but it also is very misleading because, one, they don't have the medical expertise.

They don't understand that this, if at all, is a secondary pathway that is implemented, right?

It's never a first-line treatment.

And no treatment ever starts with just organizing something off the black market or ordering from an online store, of course.

You have to start with some testing.

You have to understand the biology, right?

then you have to come up with a treatment protocol that is optimized for someone's biology to actually understand.

Anything else but that is not scientific and has no evidence attached to it at all.

In fact, it's dangerous.

So peptides form part of a greater concept of longevity medicine.