Have you thought about taking peptides that aren't approved by the FDA? Think again. CBS News' chief medical correspondent, @drlapook, shares a cautionary tale from medical history about why testing medications is I spent 4 months reporting on the peptide BPC 157 and its unlikely journey from a research lab in post communist Croatia to today's MAHA movement. Ask me anything. : r IAmA In 2023, the FDA deemed 19 peptide drugs too unsafe to be dispensed by compounding pharmacies, which mix components of approved drugs to create bespoke medication for people who have trouble taking BPC 157: Miracle Healing Peptide or Hidden Danger? The Food and Drug Administration will hold a meeting this summer to consider easing restrictions on more than a half dozen peptide injections, a group of unapproved therapies that have become popular