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Peptides for Libido and Sexual Function: What Is Approved and What Is Not

This is the unusual corner of the site: the best-known compound here is an approved prescription medicine with real randomised trials behind it, sold in parallel through grey-market channels where nothing is verified. The evidence question and the sourcing question have opposite answers, and both matter.

Most discussed here: PT-141 (bremelanotide) · Oxytocin

The compounds

Each one leads with how strong its human evidence is, and what that rating is based on.

  • Prescription / GLP-1Melanocortin receptor agonist

    PT-141

    Approved for premenopausal women with acquired, generalised hypoactive sexual desire disorder. Sold in grey channels predominantly to men.

  • Prescription / GLP-1Nine-amino-acid peptide hormone

    Oxytocin

    An approved injectable medicine in obstetrics. Sold online as a nasal spray for libido, connection and anxiety.

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