In addition to the high cost of the drugs, there have also been intermittent shortages of the drugs, which is also why some people have turned to compounding pharmacies In May, the FDA told "Good Morning America" that while the medications are eligible for compounding because of shortages, the compounded versions "pose a higher risk." "Compounded drugs pose a higher risk to patients than FDA-approved drugs because compounded drugs do not undergo FDA premarket review for safety, effectiveness, or quality," the agency said in a statement at the time
Practical considerations: AHK-Cu is available in some commercial skincare products, often marketed alongside or as an alternative to GHK-Cu
This is a reasonable extrapolation from the mechanism, but it is not established by clinical trials
According to many ancient medical books in China, Scorpio has a medicinal history of more than 1,000 years (Zhang et al., 2024)
Bacteriostatic Water is manufactured to Water for Injection USP standards, requiring production by distillation or reverse osmosis from a suitable water source, testing for bacterial endotoxins below 0.25 EU/mL by the LAL method, sterility testing by membrane filtration to confirmed absence of microbial contamination, particulate matter testing below USP limits, pH within the 4.57.0 range, and osmolality confirmation consistent with a non-electrolyte aqueous solution