The emerging landscape of performance-enhancing peptides modulating GH-IGF1 axis: bridging the gap between clinical evidence and patient self-administration.
Narrative review listing PEG-MGF among unregulated 'research compound' peptides, stratified into the tier lacking human studies, and highlighting endocrine-metabolic and theoretical mitogenic risks.
- Authors' conclusion
- Peptides are stratified into evidence tiers from regulatory-grade trial data to no human studies; performance benefits are uncertain, and the authors propose a clinical assessment algorithm without legitimising off-label use.
- Limitations
- Narrative review; some peptides lack human studies.
