Just read about a physician in Utah who got indicted over this. The accusation is that he was sourcing tirzepatide, semaglutide, retatrutide, and NAD+ via a middleman in China, then slapping his own labels onto the vials and passing them to his clinic staff to distribute to patients.

Per the DOJ, over 200 patients ended up receiving these products, and a lot of them probably had no clue about the real origin.

Reading something like this really makes me think about how much blind faith people put into random online peptide sellers without ever actually checking what's sitting in the vial.

So I'm curious — have any of you actually tested or verified something you ordered on your own, or do you generally just trust whoever you're buying from?

Source: DOJ indictment report (justice.gov/usao-ut)

So here's my situation. I have a vial of BAC water that I opened 14 days ago. From what I understand, the usual guidance is to toss BAC water once it hits 28 days. If I go ahead and use that same water today to mix up my Reta, does my Reta vial only get the leftover 2 weeks before it's "expired," or does the freshly reconstituted vial start fresh with its own 28-day window in the fridge?

Also, second thing I've been wondering about — is the 28-day limit really firm? I picked up some 100mg vials of GHK-Cu and there's genuinely no chance I finish that within 28 days. Is there anything that can be done to stretch out how long it lasts?

My research subject has been on Reta for about 3 months now. We kicked things off at 0.25mg and worked up to 1mg, and we've been holding at 1mg for the last 4 weeks.

The problem is that ever since hitting the 1mg dose, the subject has had diarrhea, even though that's still a pretty low amount. And the frustrating part is there's basically no benefit to go with it — no appetite suppression at all, and no real fat loss since starting. The only thing that's dropped is water weight, maybe 2kg total.

The Reta itself has been tested, including third-party testing, and it works completely fine for another subject I'm running. So I don't think it's a quality issue. But the diarrhea is making it hard to push up to higher doses.

Is there anything that actually helps with the diarrhea aside from watching the diet? The subject already eats low fat, gets plenty of fiber, keeps sugar low, avoids artificial sweeteners, and tracks everything that goes in.

A safety thread is circulating about a specific batch of orange cap JEEP T30 purchased around January 2026. According to the original poster, LS Testing ran multiple vials from the same batch (donated by different people in different countries) and reported endotoxin estimates of roughly 1350 EU/vial, 1360 EU/vial, and a confirmed 2306 EU/vial at higher dilutions—levels the testers describe as unsafe for most people. The poster notes these vials are being retested for accuracy, and the original test kit is also being re-checked. One detail raised is that a separate member sent a sample to a different lab and got a much lower 110 EU result, which the group is following up on to determine whether that was an estimate due to falling outside the assay range. There were also some anecdotal mentions of rashes and increased heart rate from users, though these are unverified. One poster pointed out that the January batch had slightly lighter caps than previous runs while keeping the same labeled batch number, and that darker caps appear unaffected. Has anyone here received vials from this batch, and do your cap colors or any independent test results line up with what's being described?