Wellness peptide craze: Why people are injecting drugs 'not for human consumption'
Growing numbers of people are injecting unregulated peptides for health reasons - but one expert says they are "lab rats".
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"The success of regulated GLP-1 drugs has 'normalised' using a needle, lowering the psychological barrier to self-injection."
— Mike Mrozinski , Academic
"The people using these products are, in essence, becoming lab rats."
— Adam Taylor , Academic
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Growing numbers of people are injecting unregulated peptides for health reasons - but one expert says they are "lab rats".
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