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People Say These Peptides Hurt Them. Their Stories Are Muffled in MAHA’s Push for Medical Freedom.

2026-10-13T09:00:00.000Z

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People who have taken experimental peptides, such as BPC-157, complain of migraines, eye pain, fatigue, and more.
Learning whether these popular but unproven drugs are to blame may become harder if Robert F.
Kennedy Jr. fulfills a promise to make them more accessible.

Chemistry analysers: Beckman Coulter Synchron CX9 ALX on the right and Beckman Coulter Access® on the left, as well as a blood gas analyser with the blue screen in the background — Photo: Bobjgalindo / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

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