Compound Library

348+ Compounds. Zero Bro-Science.

Evidence-based profiles across healing peptides, GH secretagogues, GLP-1s, SARMs, steroids, nootropics, supplements, PCT ancillaries, and longevity compounds — with pharmacokinetics, dosing protocols, and outcome data.

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Healing Peptides

Tissue, tendon, gut, and soft-tissue repair peptides — regenerative, anti-inflammatory, and post-injury compounds.

BPC-157

Why BPC-157 Runs The Healing-Peptide Category BPC-157 is the peptide that people reach for when something hurts, something isn't healing, or something on thei

Recovery 10/104–8wk

Documented routes: SubQ, IM, Oral

TB-500

TB-500: The Systemic Healing Peptide TB-500 has earned a permanent spot in the recovery stack of physique-focused users and injury-prone lifters alike. It's t

Recovery 9/104–8wk

Documented routes: SubQ, IM

GHK-Cu

Why GHK-Cu Earned Its Reputation GHK-Cu is the rare peptide that actually delivers on the anti-aging marketing copy — because it's not really a drug, it's an

Recovery 8/104–12wk

Documented routes: Topical, SubQ, IM

KPV

Why KPV Earned Its Reputation KPV is the C-terminal tripeptide of α-MSH — the part of the molecule that carries the anti-inflammatory punch without the pigmen

Recovery 7/104–8wk

Documented routes: SubQ, Oral, Topical

Thymosin Alpha-1

What Thymosin Alpha-1 Actually Does Thymosin Alpha-1 is the quiet workhorse of the healing-peptide shelf. It doesn't rebuild tendons like BPC-157 or pull wate

Recovery 7/104–12wk

Documented routes: SubQ, IM

LL-37

What LL-37 Actually Does LL-37 is the body's only human cathelicidin — an endogenous antimicrobial peptide that neutrophils, keratinocytes, and epithelial cel

Recovery 7/102–6wk

Documented routes: SubQ, Topical, Intranasal

Wolverine Stack (BPC-157 + TB-500)

Blend

The Repair Stack That Earned Its Nickname The Wolverine Stack — BPC-157 paired with TB-500 — is the most widely-run soft-tissue recovery protocol in the physi

Recovery 10/104–8wk

Documented routes: SubQ, IM

GLOW

Blend

What GLOW Actually Is GLOW is a pre-mixed peptide blend — BPC-157 + TB-500 + GHK-Cu — sold almost exclusively in a 70 mg vial (50 mg GHK-Cu / 10 mg BPC-157 /

Recovery 10/104–12wk

Documented routes: SubQ, IM

KLOW Blend

Blend

KLOW Blend: Four Regenerative Peptides, One Shot KLOW is a research-peptide blend that packs four of the most well-characterized regenerative compounds — GHK-

Recovery 9/104–8wk

Documented routes: SubQ, IM

MGF

Why MGF Sits in the Peptide Stack Mechano Growth Factor (MGF) is the local splice variant of IGF-1 your muscles release in the minutes after a heavy working s

Recovery 7/104–8wk

Documented routes: SubQ, IM

ARA-290

ARA-290 occupies a specific, hard-to-fill slot in the peptide toolkit: it's the compound the community reaches for when the problem is nerve pain, small-fiber d

Recovery 8/104–8wk

Documented routes: SubQ, IV

Cartalax

Why Cartalax attracts interest Cartalax is commonly identified as the short peptide Ala-Glu-Asp, or AED. Research into aging fibroblasts and gene expression e

Recovery 7/10

Documented routes: SubQ, IM, Oral

GH & IGF Axis

GH secretagogues, recombinant GH, and IGF analogues — every compound that drives the GH/IGF-1 axis for body recomposition, sleep, and recovery.

CJC-1295

Why CJC-1295 Earned Its Place in the Peptide Toolkit CJC-1295 is the workhorse GHRH analog of the peptide scene — the compound physique-focused users reach fo

Recovery 7/108–12wk

Documented routes: SubQ, IM

Ipamorelin

Why Ipamorelin Earned Its Place Ipamorelin is the cleanest growth hormone secretagogue in the GHRP class — a selective ghrelin-receptor agonist that triggers

Recovery 7/108–16wk

Documented routes: SubQ, IM

Sermorelin

Sermorelin has quietly become the default entry point into GH-axis peptides for physique-focused users, recovery-chasers, and anyone trying to recapture the sle

Recovery 7/1012–24wk

Documented routes: SubQ, IM

Tesamorelin

What tesamorelin research shows Tesamorelin is a growth hormone-releasing hormone analogue. Its clearest human evidence concerns excess visceral fat in adults

Fat Loss 7/10

Documented routes: SubQ

Hexarelin

Why Hexarelin Hexarelin is the hardest-hitting GHRP ever brought to clinical trials — a synthetic hexapeptide that triggers a GH pulse several times larger th

Recovery 6/104–8wk

Documented routes: SubQ, IM, Intranasal

GHRP-2

GHRP-2 is one of the most cost-effective ways to generate a real, measurable growth hormone pulse without touching recombinant HGH. As a ghrelin-receptor agonis

Recovery 6/108–16wk

Documented routes: SubQ, IM, IV, Intranasal

GHRP-6

GHRP-6 is the original ghrelin-mimetic growth hormone secretagogue — the peptide that put GHRP protocols on the map before ipamorelin and CJC-1295 existed. The

Recovery 6/108–16wk

Documented routes: SubQ, IM, Intranasal

MK-677

MK-677 (ibutamoren) is the closest thing to "GH in a pill" that the physique and longevity community has access to — an orally active ghrelin mimetic that drive

Recovery 7/108–24wk

Documented routes: Oral

HGH (Somatropin)

Why HGH Still Sits at the Top of the Shelf Few compounds have earned their reputation across as many use cases as recombinant human growth hormone. Bodybuilde

Recovery 8/1016–104wk

Documented routes: SubQ, IM

IGF-1 LR3

IGF-1 LR3 is a modified analogue of insulin-like growth factor 1, studied for its effects on growth-factor signaling and cell growth. Its reduced interaction wi

Muscle 7/10

Documented routes: Product-specific

CJC-1295 + Ipamorelin

Blend

Why CJC-1295 + Ipamorelin Earned Its Reputation CJC-1295 + ipamorelin is the default entry point into GH-axis peptides for a reason: it drives a real, pulsati

Recovery 7/108–16wk

Documented routes: SubQ, IM

PEG-MGF

What PEG-MGF Actually Does PEG-MGF is a pegylated form of the mechano growth factor E-peptide — the C-terminal splice variant of IGF-1 that your muscle produc

Recovery 6/104–6wk

Documented routes: IM, SubQ

Metabolic Peptides

GLP-1/GIP/glucagon agonists, mitochondrial peptides, and metabolic regulators engineered for fat loss, insulin sensitivity, and substrate flexibility.

HGH Fragment 176-191

HGH Fragment 176-191 (sold clinically as AOD-9604) is the C-terminal lipolytic tail of human growth hormone — the fat-burning signal without the IGF-1, the wate

Fat Loss 4/108–16wk

Documented routes: SubQ

Insulin

Insulin is the most anabolic hormone in the human body — and in the bodybuilding and looksmaxxing community, it's used not for glucose control but as a post-wor

Muscle 7/104–8wk

Documented routes: SubQ

Retatrutide

Why Retatrutide Is the Most Talked-About Fat Loss Compound of the Decade Retatrutide is the first triple agonist to hit the grey market — a single peptide tha

Fat Loss 10/1012–24wk

Documented routes: SubQ

Semaglutide

Why Semaglutide Became the Cutting Tool Semaglutide rewrote what a cut looks like. A once-weekly shot that quiets "food noise," crushes appetite, and produces

Fat Loss 9/1012–68wk

Documented routes: SubQ, Oral (Rybelsus)

Tirzepatide

Tirzepatide is the most effective fat-loss pharmaceutical ever brought to market, and the physique community figured that out roughly ten minutes after the SURM

Fat Loss 10/108–24wk

Documented routes: SubQ

AOD-9604

AOD-9604 occupies a specific niche in the fat-loss toolkit: it's the lipolytic tail of human growth hormone — residues 176–191 with an added N-terminal tyrosine

Fat Loss 4/108–16wk

Documented routes: SubQ, Oral (low bioavailability)

5-Amino-1MQ

Most fat-loss compounds in this space work by hammering appetite (GLP-1s), cranking the CNS (stimulants), or uncoupling mitochondria outright (DNP). 5-Amino-1MQ

Fat Loss 5/108–12wk

Documented routes: Oral

SLU-PP-332

SLU-PP-332 is the first small molecule to credibly deliver on the "exercise in a vial" promise — a pan-ERR agonist that switches on the same mitochondrial and f

Endurance 8/104–12wk

Documented routes: SubQ, IP (preclinical)

MOTS-c

Why MOTS-c Earned Its Spot in the Stack MOTS-c is one of the more interesting peptides to come out of the last decade of mitochondrial biology — a 16-amino-ac

Endurance 7/104–6wk

Documented routes: SubQ, IP (research)

L-Carnitine

L-carnitine has quietly become one of the most useful adjuncts in the cutting and recomp toolkit — not because it's flashy, but because it does one thing almost

Endurance 5/108–16wk

Documented routes: Oral, IM, SubQ, IV

Cagrilintide

Why Cagrilintide Earned Its Reputation Cagrilintide is a long-acting amylin analog that hits appetite through a completely different pathway than the GLP-1s e

Fat Loss 8/1012–32wk

Documented routes: SubQ

CagriSema

Blend

Why CagriSema Is Worth Paying Attention To CagriSema is the first peptide combo that has credibly out-performed semaglutide monotherapy in a head-to-head phas

Fat Loss 10/1016–68wk

Documented routes: SubQ

SARMs & Research Anabolics

Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators plus the SARM-adjacent research anabolics (Cardarine, Stenabolic, Follistatin-344) users browse alongside them.

AC-262536

AC-262536 is one of the more interesting oddballs in the SARM catalog — a partial agonist at the androgen receptor developed by Acadia Pharmaceuticals that hits

Muscle 5/10A:66 · An:276–8wkPCT req.

Documented routes: Oral

Ostarine

Ostarine (MK-2866) is the most-run SARM in the physique community for a reason: it delivers reliable lean mass preservation in a caloric deficit without the bag

Muscle 6/10A:90 · An:308–12wkPCT req.

Documented routes: Oral

LGD-4033

LGD-4033 (Ligandrol) is the SARM most bodybuilders and recomp-focused users reach for when they want AAS-adjacent lean mass without the injections, aromatizatio

Muscle 7/10A:500 · An:16–8wkPCT req.

Documented routes: Oral

LGD-3303

Why LGD-3303 Has a Niche LGD-3303 is the dry, hard-looking cousin of LGD-4033 — same lab (Ligand Pharmaceuticals), very different feel in the mirror. Where li

Muscle 6/106–10wkPCT req.

Documented routes: Oral

RAD-140

RAD-140: The SARM That Actually Competes With Low-Dose Testosterone RAD-140 (Testolone) earned its reputation as the most anabolic research SARM on the market

Muscle 8/10A:90 · An:16–12wkPCT req.

Documented routes: Oral

YK-11

YK-11: The Steroidal Outlier in the SARM Market YK-11 sits in a strange corner of the SARM shelf. It's sold alongside ostarine and RAD-140, but structurally i

Muscle 6/106–8wkPCT req.

Documented routes: Oral

S-23

Why S-23 Has a Cult Following S-23 occupies a specific niche in the SARM world: it's the one people reach for when they want a dry, hard, visibly tightened lo

Muscle 7/10A:500 · An:956–10wkPCT req.

Documented routes: Oral, Sublingual

Andarine

Andarine (S-4) earned its place in the SARM rotation as the hardening compound — not the mass-builder of the class, but the one that delivers visible dryness, v

Fat Loss 6/10A:35 · An:56–8wkPCT req.

Documented routes: Oral

ACP-105

What ACP-105 Actually Is ACP-105 is a non-steroidal selective androgen receptor modulator originally developed by ACADIA Pharmaceuticals as a candidate for ag

Muscle 5/10A:150 · An:456–10wkPCT req.

Documented routes: Oral

Cardarine

Why Cardarine Earned Its Reputation Cardarine (GW501516) is the endurance and conditioning tool the physique community reaches for when cardio becomes the rat

Endurance 9/10A:0 · An:06–12wk

Documented routes: Oral

RAD-150

RAD-150: The Longer-Acting RAD-140 Analog RAD-150 — sold as TLB-150 Benzoate — is the benzoate-esterified analog of RAD-140 (testolone), engineered for a long

Muscle 7/10A:90 · An:16–8wkPCT req.

Documented routes: Oral, Sublingual

OTR-AC

Why OTR-AC Gets Run OTR-AC is the acetate ester of ostarine (MK-2866) — the same SARM that anchored a decade of cancer-cachexia trials, repackaged as a prodru

Recovery 6/10A:90 · An:56–12wkPCT req.

Documented routes: Oral, Sublingual

Steroids

Anabolic-androgenic steroids and prohormones — the most potent and well-studied performance compounds.

Testosterone

Testosterone is the compound every other anabolic is measured against — literally. Its anabolic:androgenic ratio of 100:100 is the reference point the entire AA

Muscle 9/10A:100 · An:10012–16wkPCT req.

Documented routes: IM, SubQ, Oral (undecanoate only), Transdermal

Sustanon 250

Why Sustanon 250 Earned Its Place Sustanon 250 is the four-ester testosterone blend that built half the physiques in European gyms. One ampoule delivers 30mg

Muscle 9/10A:100 · An:10012–16wkPCT req.

Documented routes: IM, SubQ

Nandrolone

Why Nandrolone Still Anchors Serious Mass Cycles Nandrolone is one of the oldest compounds in the bodybuilding playbook for a reason: it builds thick, full mu

Recovery 9/10A:125 · An:3712–16wkPCT req.

Documented routes: IM

Trenbolone

Why Trenbolone Has the Reputation It Does Trenbolone is the most potent anabolic androgen in practical use — a 19-nor compound with roughly 3–5× the androgen

Muscle 9/10A:500 · An:5006–12wkPCT req.

Documented routes: IM, SubQ

Trestolone

Trestolone — MENT, the 7α-methyl-19-nortestosterone molecule the Population Council originally designed as a male contraceptive — has quietly become one of the

Muscle 9/10A:600 · An:2006–10wkPCT req.

Documented routes: IM, SubQ

Dihydroboldenone

Why DHB Has a Cult Following Dihydroboldenone — sold as 1-Test Cypionate or 1-Test Acetate — is the 5α-reduced analog of boldenone, structurally a DHT molecul

Muscle 7/10A:200 · An:10010–16wkPCT req.

Documented routes: IM

Masteron

Why Masteron Earned Its Reputation Masteron (drostanolone) is the compound physique-focused users reach for when the goal is hard, dry, and detailed rather th

Muscle 5/10A:62 · An:258–16wkPCT req.

Documented routes: IM, SubQ

Primobolan

Primobolan occupies a specific niche in the bodybuilding and looksmaxxing community: the quality compound. It won't pack on raw size the way test or nandrolone

Muscle 6/10A:88 · An:4410–20wkPCT req.

Documented routes: IM, SubQ, Oral

Equipoise

Equipoise — boldenone undecylenate, universally called EQ — is the compound people run when they want slow, dry, vascular mass that looks like it was earned. It

Endurance 8/10A:100 · An:5016–20wkPCT req.

Documented routes: IM

Methyltestosterone

Methyltestosterone was the first orally active testosterone derivative ever synthesized — the 1935 compound that proved a methyl group at C17α could keep an and

Strength 7/10A:100 · An:1002–6wkPCT req.

Documented routes: Oral, Buccal/Sublingual

Dianabol

The Original Mass Builder Dianabol is the compound that built bodybuilding as we know it. Synthesized by Ciba in 1958 and handed to the US Olympic team by Joh

Muscle 9/10A:210 · An:604–6wkPCT req.

Documented routes: Oral

Anadrol

The OG Wet Bulk Kickstart Anadrol (oxymetholone) is the compound bodybuilders reach for when they want the scale to move now. 10–15 lb in the first 2–3 weeks

Muscle 9/10A:320 · An:454–6wkPCT req.

Documented routes: Oral

Nootropics

Cognitive enhancers, neuropeptides, and focus-promoting compounds — Semax, Selank, racetams, modafinil, and more.

Selank

Why Selank Selank is one of the cleanest tools available for anxiety, stress tone, and cognitive steadiness — a synthetic heptapeptide developed at the Russia

Cognition 7/102–6wk

Documented routes: Intranasal, SubQ

Semax

Semax has built a quiet but durable reputation in the nootropic and biohacking community as one of the cleanest focus peptides available — a Russian-developed h

Cognition 8/102–4wk

Documented routes: Intranasal, SubQ, IV

Cerebrolysin

Cerebrolysin is one of the few injectables with genuine neurotrophic credentials — a porcine-derived peptide concentrate that mimics BDNF, NGF, and GDNF signali

Cognition 9/102–4wk

Documented routes: IM, IV

Dihexa

Why Dihexa Gets Attention Dihexa is one of the more interesting compounds to come out of the nootropics world in the last decade — a small-molecule HGF/c-Met

Cognition 7/104–8wk

Documented routes: Oral, Sublingual, SubQ, Transdermal

P21

P21 sits in a strange spot in the peptide space: it has one of the most serious preclinical dossiers of any nootropic compound — reversal of cognitive aging in

Cognition 7/104–12wk

Documented routes: SubQ, Intranasal, Oral

Modafinil

Modafinil earned its reputation the old-fashioned way — it works, and it works cleanly. A single 100–200 mg dose produces 10–12 hours of sharp, sustained wakefu

Cognition 8/101–12wk

Documented routes: Oral

L-Theanine

L-theanine is the cleanest, cheapest tool in the nootropic toolkit — a non-proteinogenic amino acid from green tea that produces "relaxed alertness" without sed

Cognition 6/10

Documented routes: Oral

Alpha-GPC

Alpha-GPC has earned a permanent slot in the nootropic and pre-workout canon for one reason: it reliably sharpens focus and bumps neuromuscular output within an

Cognition 7/101–12wk

Documented routes: Oral, Sublingual, IM, IV

Citicoline (CDP-Choline)

Why CDP-Choline Earned Its Spot in the Nootropic Stack Citicoline has become the default choline source for anyone serious about cognition — not because it's

Cognition 7/104–52wk

Documented routes: Oral, IV, IM

Uridine

Why Uridine Earned Its Place in the Nootropic Stack Uridine is one of the quietest, most durable tools in the cognition and mood toolkit. It's not a stimulant

Cognition 6/104–52wk

Documented routes: Sublingual, Oral

Phenylpiracetam

Phenylpiracetam sits in a strange and useful niche: it's a racetam by chemistry, but it behaves like a mild, clean dopaminergic stimulant. A phenyl ring bolted

Cognition 8/101–4wk

Documented routes: Oral

Noopept

Noopept earned its reputation in the nootropic community as the workhorse daily — a Russian-designed dipeptide that punches well above its weight on verbal reca

Cognition 7/104–8wk

Documented routes: Oral, Sublingual, Intranasal

Supplements

Evidence-backed supplements with measurable physiological effects beyond basic nutrition.

Creatine Monohydrate

Creatine monohydrate is the single most-studied, most-reliable supplement in physique sports — and for good reason. It increases intramuscular phosphocreatine s

Strength 6/104–520wk

Documented routes: Oral

L-Citrulline

Citrulline has quietly become one of the most-used ergogenics in the bodybuilding and looksmaxxing toolkit — not because it's flashy, but because it actually do

Endurance 5/101–52wk

Documented routes: Oral

Beta-Alanine

Beta-alanine is one of the handful of supplements that actually earned its spot in the stack — cheap, well-studied, and genuinely ergogenic in the rep ranges wh

Endurance 6/104–52wk

Documented routes: Oral

Ashwagandha

Ashwagandha is the single most-stacked OTC adaptogen in the bodybuilding and looksmaxxing community, and for good reason — it's one of the few supplements with

Recovery 6/108–12wk

Documented routes: Oral

Tongkat Ali

Tongkat ali has earned a real seat at the table in the natural T-optimization and looksmaxxing world — not as hype, but because the clinical data actually hold

Recovery 4/108–12wk

Documented routes: Oral

Fadogia Agrestis

Fadogia agrestis exploded out of obscurity the moment Andrew Huberman named it on his podcast, and it's now one of the most-bought natural testosterone-support

Muscle 2/104–8wk

Documented routes: Oral

Shilajit

Why Shilajit Earned Its Place in the Stack Shilajit went from obscure Ayurvedic tar to a default daily in looksmaxxing and natty-optimization circles for one

Recovery 4/108–12wk

Documented routes: Oral

Boron

Why Boron Gets a Spot in the Stack Boron is the cheapest, most evidence-backed SHBG modulator you can buy over the counter. At 10 mg/day, it reliably nudges f

Recovery 4/108–52wk

Documented routes: Oral

ZMA

Why ZMA Earned Its Place in the Stack ZMA is one of the oldest, cheapest, and most misunderstood supplements in the physique-focused toolkit. The pitch back i

Recovery 5/104–52wk

Documented routes: Oral

Magnesium Glycinate

Magnesium glycinate is the quiet workhorse of almost every serious health stack — the form of magnesium that physique-focused users, looksmaxxers, and on-cycle

Recovery 6/104–52wk

Documented routes: Oral

Vitamin D3

Vitamin D3 is the cheapest, most boring, most universally-run compound in the bodybuilding and looksmaxxing stack — and that's exactly why it matters. Fix a def

Recovery 4/108–52wk

Documented routes: Oral

Omega-3 (EPA + DHA)

Omega-3 is the rare supplement where the bodybuilding crowd, the cardiology literature, and the longevity people all actually agree — the argument is about dose

Recovery 5/1012–52wk

Documented routes: Oral

Ancillaries / PCT

SERMs, aromatase inhibitors, HCG, and liver support — essential for post-cycle recovery and managing steroid side effects.

Enclomiphene Citrate

Enclomiphene has quietly become the default SERM for anyone serious about HPTA recovery, fertility preservation, or running a "natural TRT" protocol instead of

Recovery 7/104–16wk

Documented routes: Oral

Clomiphene Citrate

Clomid has been the backbone of male post-cycle therapy for thirty years, and for good reason — it's cheap, oral, well-studied, and reliably restarts a suppress

Recovery 7/104–6wk

Documented routes: Oral

Nolvadex

Why Nolvadex Earned Its Spot in Every PCT Drawer Nolvadex (tamoxifen citrate) is the default SERM for anyone running suppressive cycles — and for good reason.

Recovery 7/104–6wk

Documented routes: Oral

Anastrozole

Anastrozole — branded Arimidex and widely called "adex" — is the community's default tool for keeping estradiol in check on aromatizing cycles. It's a non-stero

Recovery 3/104–16wk

Documented routes: Oral

Aromasin

Why Aromasin Earned Its Spot in the Toolbox Aromasin (exemestane) is the aromatase inhibitor most experienced users reach for when managing estrogen on cycle

Recovery 3/104–20wk

Documented routes: Oral

Letrozole

Letrozole is the nuclear option in the aromatase-inhibitor toolkit — a third-generation non-steroidal AI that suppresses whole-body estrogen production by over

Recovery 2/102–12wk

Documented routes: Oral

Raloxifene

Raloxifene occupies a very specific slot in the PED toolkit: it's the single most effective oral drug for reversing established gynecomastia. When a nipple nodu

Recovery 3/104–16wk

Documented routes: Oral

Toremifene

Why Toremifene Toremifene is the SERM that physique-focused users reach for when they want tamoxifen's HPTA-restart effect without tamoxifen's HDL crash, clom

Recovery 7/104–8wk

Documented routes: Oral

Cabergoline

Why Cabergoline Earns Its Place in the Drawer Cabergoline is the sharpest tool available for controlling prolactin — and on 19-nor cycles (nandrolone, trenbol

Recovery 4/102–16wk

Documented routes: Oral

Human Chorionic Gonadotropin

Why hCG Earned Its Spot in the Bodybuilding Toolkit hCG is the single most effective tool for keeping the testes functional while exogenous androgens are shut

Recovery 6/102–52wk

Documented routes: SubQ, IM

HMG (Human Menopausal Gonadotropin)

Why HMG Earns Its Place in the Fertility Toolkit HMG is the specialist's tool for one specific problem: restoring spermatogenesis when hCG alone isn't getting

Recovery 5/1012–24wk

Documented routes: SubQ, IM

Telmisartan

Telmisartan has quietly become the default on-cycle blood pressure drug in every competent PED community — and not just because it lowers BP. It's the only angi

Recovery 5/104–52wk

Documented routes: Oral

Longevity

Rapamycin, metformin, NAD+ precursors, mitochondrial and senolytic compounds — the anti-aging and healthspan stack.

Epitalon

Epitalon is the synthetic tetrapeptide (Ala-Glu-Asp-Gly) at the center of the longevity-peptide conversation. Developed by Vladimir Khavinson's group in St. Pet

Recovery 5/102–12wk

Documented routes: SubQ, IM, Intranasal

SS-31

SS-31: Mitochondrial Rescue in a Syringe SS-31 (elamipretide) is the most mechanistically clean mitochondrial peptide available to the community right now. It

Recovery 7/104–12wk

Documented routes: SubQ, IV

NAD+

Why NAD+ Matters NAD+ is the cofactor that runs your mitochondria, feeds your sirtuins, and fuels PARP-mediated DNA repair. It declines steadily with age — pa

Recovery 6/104–52wk

Documented routes: SubQ, IM, IV, Intranasal

Methylene Blue

Why Methylene Blue Methylene blue has quietly become one of the most interesting compounds in the longevity and nootropic space — not because it's new (it's b

Cognition 7/104–24wk

Documented routes: Oral, Sublingual, IV (medical)

DHEA

Why DHEA Still Matters DHEA is the most abundant circulating steroid in the human body, and it's one of the few hormones you can legally buy off a shelf in th

Recovery 4/1012–52wk

Documented routes: Oral, Sublingual, Transdermal

Pregnenolone

Why Pregnenolone Is Worth Knowing About Pregnenolone is the upstream steroid — the molecule your body converts into DHEA, progesterone, cortisol, testosterone

Cognition 5/108–12wk

Documented routes: Oral, Sublingual, Transdermal

Rapamycin

Rapamycin is the only compound in the longevity toolkit with genuine mammalian lifespan data behind it — the NIA's Interventions Testing Program showed it exten

Recovery 4/108–52wk

Documented routes: Oral, Topical

NMN

NMN has become the default NAD⁺ precursor for physique-focused users who want a clean daily baseline for recovery, endurance, and metabolic health. It's not a b

Recovery 5/108–52wk

Documented routes: Oral, Sublingual

Nicotinamide Riboside

Nicotinamide Riboside: What It Actually Does Nicotinamide Riboside (NR) is one of the cleanest, most trial-validated NAD⁺ precursors on the market. Chronic or

Recovery 5/104–52wk

Documented routes: Oral

Resveratrol

Why Resveratrol Still Earns a Spot in the Stack Resveratrol is the polyphenol that launched a thousand longevity stacks — the "red wine molecule" that put sir

Recovery 3/108–52wk

Documented routes: Oral, Topical

Spermidine

Why Spermidine Matters Spermidine is one of the quieter entries in the longevity stack — a naturally occurring polyamine found in wheat germ, natto, aged chee

Recovery 4/1012–52wk

Documented routes: Oral

Fisetin

Why Fisetin Made It Into Longevity Stacks Fisetin is the flavonoid that actually earned its keep. When the Mayo Clinic screened ten natural compounds head-to-

Recovery 4/101–52wk

Documented routes: Oral

Hair

5-AR inhibitors, topical anti-androgens, and vasodilators for retention, regrowth, and follicle health — finasteride, dutasteride, minoxidil, RU58841, pyrilutamide.

Finasteride

Finasteride can slow male pattern hair loss and improve hair counts in some men. It also has sexual, psychiatric and reproductive precautions that need to be di

Recovery 1/1052–520wk

Documented routes: Oral, Topical

Dutasteride

Dutasteride inhibits 5-alpha-reductase and reduces formation of dihydrotestosterone (DHT). Human trials support a hair-growth effect in men with androgenetic al

Recovery 1/1024–260wk

Documented routes: Oral

Minoxidil

Minoxidil is the most reliable hair-growth driver the looksmaxxing community has. Originally a 1970s oral antihypertensive, its hypertrichosis "side effect" tur

Recovery 1/1052–520wk

Documented routes: Topical, Oral

RU58841

RU58841 has become the backbone of serious hair-defense stacks in the looksmaxxing and AAS communities — and for good reason. It's a pure topical androgen recep

Recovery 1/1016–260wk

Documented routes: Topical

Pyrilutamide

Pyrilutamide (KX-826) is a topical androgen-receptor antagonist being developed for androgenetic alopecia. Human studies exist, but their results and reporting

Recovery 1/1024–260wk

Documented routes: Topical

Clascoterone

Why Clascoterone Matters Clascoterone is the first topical androgen receptor antagonist with real Phase 3 data behind it — the molecule that finally drags the

Recovery 2/1012–52wk

Documented routes: Topical

Bimatoprost

Why Bimatoprost Earned Its Spot in the Looksmaxxing Stack Bimatoprost is the most effective topical we have for growing longer, thicker, darker eyelashes and

Recovery 1/1012–52wk

Documented routes: Topical (lid margin, eyebrow, scalp)

GT20029

GT20029 is the first topical AR PROTAC to reach late-stage clinical trials for androgenetic alopecia — and the first genuinely novel mechanism in the hair-loss

Recovery 1/1016–52wk

Documented routes: Topical

AHK-Cu

AHK-Cu is the copper tripeptide that the hair-retention side of the looksmaxxing community reaches for when the goal is specifically follicle trophism — not ski

Recovery 3/1012–52wk

Documented routes: Topical, Intradermal (mesotherapy)

WAY-316606

Overview WAY-316606 is one of the more mechanistically interesting molecules to hit the looksmaxxing hair stack in the last decade. It is a small-molecule ant

Recovery 1/1024–52wk

Documented routes: Topical

Clascoterone

Why Clascoterone Clascoterone is the first topical androgen receptor antagonist with phase 3 data behind it for both acne and androgenetic alopecia — a molecu

Recovery 6/1024–104wk

Documented routes: Topical (cream, hydroalcoholic solution)

Fluridil

What Fluridil Actually Is Fluridil — sold commercially as Eucapil and also called topilutamide — is the only topical antiandrogen with a peer-reviewed, placeb

Recovery 4/1012–52wk

Documented routes: Topical

Skin & Topicals

Retinoids, topical anti-androgens for acne, melanocortin agonists, and prostaglandin analogues — tretinoin, isotretinoin, clascoterone, melanotan, bimatoprost.

Melanotan-1

Melanotan-1 is the grown-up version of the tanning peptide category. Unlike its cousin MT-2 — which the community tolerates for its potency but fights against f

Recovery 1/102–12wk

Documented routes: SubQ, Implant

Melanotan II

Melanotan II has carved out a permanent spot in the looksmaxxing toolkit for one reason: it reliably produces a deep, year-round tan at doses most users tolerat

Fat Loss 1/102–6wk

Documented routes: SubQ

Tretinoin

Tretinoin is the gold standard of topical skin work and the single highest-ROI aesthetic intervention in the looksmaxxing toolkit. It's the active carboxylic-ac

Recovery 1/1012–520wk

Documented routes: Topical

Isotretinoin

Why Isotretinoin Earned Its Reputation Isotretinoin is the single most effective acne drug ever developed — the only compound that shuts down all four drivers

Recovery 1/104–24wk

Documented routes: Oral

Glutathione

Glutathione for Skin: What It Actually Does Glutathione has earned its place in the looksmaxxing toolkit as the go-to compound for skin brightening and even t

Recovery 4/108–16wk

Documented routes: Oral (liposomal/sublingual), IV, IM, Topical

OS-01

OS-01: The First Clinically-Validated Topical Senotherapeutic OS-01 is the skin-longevity community's first real senomorphic — a short peptide that doesn't ju

Recovery 4/1012–52wk

Documented routes: Topical

SNAP-8

SNAP-8: The Topical SNARE-Mimetic for Expression Lines SNAP-8 has carved out a specific niche in the looksmaxxing topical stack: it's the non-injectable lever

Recovery 1/104–52wk

Documented routes: Topical

Alpha-MSH

What Alpha-MSH Actually Is Alpha-MSH is the endogenous tridecapeptide that every melanocortin agonist on the market is trying to imitate. Cleaved from POMC in

Recovery 3/102–8wk

Documented routes: SubQ, IV (research), Intranasal (experimental)

Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1

Pal-GHK (palmitoyl tripeptide-1) is the workhorse matrikine peptide of modern topical anti-aging — the active that sits underneath tretinoin, microneedling, and

Recovery 4/104–16wk

Documented routes: Topical

Argireline

Argireline has carved out a permanent spot in the looksmaxxing skincare stack as the "needle-free Botox" peptide — a SNAP-25 mimetic that competitively interfer

Recovery 1/104–52wk

Documented routes: Topical

Hyaluronic Acid

Overview Hyaluronic acid is one of the rare compounds where the skincare-obsessed looksmaxxer, the lifter dealing with winstrol-dry joints, and the aesthetic-

Recovery 5/108–52wk

Documented routes: Oral, Topical, Intra-articular, Intradermal (filler)

Vitamin A

Why Vitamin A Matters for Skin Vitamin A is the foundation compound of any serious skin protocol. In its active form — all-trans-retinoic acid (tretinoin) — i

Recovery 2/1012–52wk

Documented routes: Topical, Oral

Sexual Health

PDE5 inhibitors and melanocortin-pathway peptides for erectile function and libido — tadalafil, sildenafil, PT-141.

PT-141

PT-141 occupies a specific corner of the bodybuilding and looksmaxxing toolkit: it's the one libido tool that works upstream of hormones and blood flow. Because

Cognition 2/10

Documented routes: SubQ

Tadalafil

Tadalafil has quietly become one of the most-used "silent add-ons" in serious physique circles — not for its on-label ED indication, but for what a daily 5 mg t

Recovery 4/104–52wk

Documented routes: Oral

Sildenafil

Sildenafil earned its place in the bodybuilding and looksmaxxing toolkit long before most users cared about its original indication. Yes, it's the original PDE5

Endurance 3/10

Documented routes: Oral, Sublingual

Oxytocin

Why Oxytocin Earned Its Place in the Sexual Stack Oxytocin is the neuropeptide the looksmaxxing and PED-using community reaches for when the vascular and cent

Cognition 5/104–8wk

Documented routes: Intranasal, Sublingual, SubQ, IV

Mirodenafil

Overview Mirodenafil (sold in Korea as Mvix and Mvix-S ODF) is a second-generation PDE5 inhibitor that physique-focused users reach for when tadalafil's 36-ho

Recovery 3/101–52wk

Documented routes: Oral tablet, Oro-dispersible film

Aminotadalafil

Aminotadalafil is a structural analog of tadalafil — a single N-amino substitution on the piperazinedione ring of an otherwise identical molecule — and the medi

Recovery 3/10

Documented routes: Oral

Other

Compounds that don't fit cleanly into the other buckets — research chemicals, niche pharmacological tools, and miscellaneous performance/health agents.

Follistatin-344

Follistatin-344 occupies a specific, interesting niche in the physique-enhancement toolkit: it's a peptide used to coax growth in a stubborn, lagging muscle tha

Recovery 5/102–4wk

Documented routes: SubQ, IM

Stenabolic

Stenabolic (SR9009) earned its place in the recomp and endurance conversation for one reason: in the landmark 2013 rodent work, activating REV-ERBα in skeletal

Endurance 6/106–12wk

Documented routes: Oral, SubQ (experimental)

DSIP

DSIP sits in a different corner of the peptide world than the healing and GH-axis compounds most people start with. It's not a sedative, not a hormone, not a se

Recovery 6/102–8wk

Documented routes: SubQ, IM, IV, Intranasal