FDA's Overreach on Compounded Peptides Most people hear not FDA approved and immediately think unsafe or ineffective but the reality is a lot more about economics than science. If something cant be patented, theres little incentive to New: An FDA decision to place 19 peptides on the unsafe list was supported by numerous documented safety concerns, former officials said. Even though demand for peptide therapies has exploded since then, Gray Market Peptides: So Much Hype, So Little Data The Human Lab Rats Injecting Themselves with Peptides Office for Science and Society McGill University