The New Yorker Magazine: Why are people injecting themselves with peptides?

[Chili777]

Why Are People Injecting Themselves with Peptides?

Health and wellness influencers are hawking unapproved treatments on the gray market. The future of the F.D.A.—and the health of consumers—is at stake.

www.newyorker.com

No Paywall: https://www.paywallskip.com/article...are-people-injecting-themselves-with-peptides

 

[ambot88]

I can't read it. But, because we want to and can.

 

[Chili777]

I can't read it. But, because we want to and can.

It's a thorough article and a great read.

 

[Beardboost]

Because they are working, and I don't have to jump through loop holes with medical care taking 12 months to give out Mounjaro subscriptions unless you want to overpay with these big companies, grey is saving more lives each day!

Each day I'm improving for my Daughter.

 

[ambot88]

It's a thorough article and a great read.

I want to read it, but not enough to subscribe. can you copy it?

 

[Chili777]

I want to read it, but not enough to subscribe. can you copy it?

It's paywalled? I was able to open it with no issues. I'll check. Did you try clearing cookies?

Try this one: https://www.paywallskip.com/article...are-people-injecting-themselves-with-peptides

 

[ambot88]

It's paywalled? I was able to open it with no issues. I'll check. Did you try clearing cookies?

Try this one: https://www.paywallskip.com/article?url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/why-are-people-injecting-themselves-with-peptides

that worked! thank you. Probably blocked because, Canada. That was actually an interesting article that did have some good points. He tried to be impartial but was definitely in the danger, bad camp. I think the main reason people are injecting themselves is hope - we want to feel better from any number of issues and are willing to entertain some personal risk in the hope that the payoff will be worth it. We do also have the problem of being an echo chamber for eachother - I started hesitantly with a glp-1, afraid of even that and a couple months on this forum and now I want all the things.

 

[Ruckus4519]

that worked! thank you. Probably blocked because, Canada. That was actually an interesting article that did have some good points. He tried to be impartial but was definitely in the danger, bad camp. I think the main reason people are injecting themselves is hope - we want to feel better from any number of issues and are willing to entertain some personal risk in the hope that the payoff will be worth it. We do also have the problem of being an echo chamber for eachother - I started hesitantly with a glp-1, afraid of even that and a couple months on this forum and now I want all the things.

I’ve yet to finish the article but I’ve thankfully calmed down a lot from when I first got here. From wanting KLOW to maybe settling for just GHK-Cu and possibly KPV. Now if I can only find domestic warehouses that stock them …

 

[sheilarae74]

No Paywall: https://www.paywallskip.com/article?url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/why-are-people-injecting-themselves-with-peptides

Thank you for sharing. I'm not a fan of The New Yorker in the least, but it was an interesting article.

 

[staffn1]

The hypocrisy of the regulatory bodies and the press of buying unregulated peptides vs the openly sold by amazon/walmart/etc of supplements, energy shots, etc is amazing.

Follow the money....

 

[Chili777]

The hypocrisy of the regulatory bodies and the press of buying unregulated peptides vs the openly sold by amazon/walmart/etc of supplements, energy shots, etc is amazing.

Follow the money....

As long as Bezos is making money, they don't care.

 

[maven8518]

Thanks for posting. I thought it was a good read. I had a mucj longer reply but something was prohibited / broke the rules lol. This quote gave me a good laugh though. . “They’re taking advantage of a population that’s looking for a solution and charging them lots of money for something with no proven benefit that could potentially cause harm,” he continued. “How is that O.K.?” isnt that what happens every day at the doctors office.

 

[UncrossSelector]

Fucking hilarious that the client is afraid of vaccines because “they don’t have the data” but is cool with Methylene Blue

 

[Chili777]

Thanks for posting. I thought it was a good read. I had a mucj longer reply but something was prohibited / broke the rules lol. This quote gave me a good laugh though. . “They’re taking advantage of a population that’s looking for a solution and charging them lots of money for something with no proven benefit that could potentially cause harm,” he continued. “How is that O.K.?” isnt that what happens every day at the doctors office.

And he bought from vial sellers and even got scammed by two of them. One took his money and one sold him crap, but he's just like anyone starting out.

 

[marraqy]

I'll settle for looking 40 when I'm 70 and still being able to deadlift something heavier than my regrets.

 

[Hotlongs]

I think people are going to peptides because the state of healthcare is failing. It takes 2 years to get an intake appointment with a gastro specialist in my area.