Our blue copper peptide freeze-dried powder has shown significant effects in promoting collagen synthesis, improving skin elasticity, and reducing fine lines
Free Radic Biol Med (2023) 200:87101
The regulatory status of the topical complex outside the United States is genuinely murky the NCATS record for prezatide copper acetate carries a Possibly Marketed Outside US flag and lists cosmetic trade products, which is not the same thing as an approval as a medicine, but is also not a clean never marketed anywhere. Where the record is ambiguous, we say so rather than rounding it to whichever direction suits the argument
I recently had a weekend where I totally forgot this rule, and after a few glasses of that tempting amber liquid, I realized I might have just flushed my expensive supplement down the drain
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Some researchers report success with single-freeze protocols (reconstituting, aliquoting into single-dose volumes, and freezing once), but this is not standard practice and may affect potency unpredictably
