GUIDE
FDA-Approved Peptide Medications
Database view for approved prescription peptide or peptide-adjacent medicines.
What to ask your clinician
Which claims are label-based, which are investigational, and which safety warnings apply to your situation?
Evidence distinction
Human randomized data, observational reports, animal studies, and marketing claims are ranked separately.
Regulatory distinction
Approved medications, supplements, cosmetic ingredients, compounded products, and RUO compounds are not equivalent.
Plain-English guide
Database view for approved prescription peptide or peptide-adjacent medicines.
Use this guide as a map, not a recommendation list. Start by separating approved product labels from research-only, supplement, cosmetic, and marketing claims. Then compare evidence grade, route, safety score, and source quality before reading individual peptide profiles.
For any peptide with an approved product context, the official label is the primary source for indications, warnings, contraindications, and adverse reactions. For investigational or research-use-only entries, treat the profile as a source-review starting point rather than proof of safety or effectiveness.
Ranked entries
Abaloparatide
Osteoporosis medication context depending on product label
Acetyl tetrapeptide-3
Topical hair and skin-care ingredient context
ACTH
Adrenal-axis physiology and medication context
Adrenomedullin
Cardiovascular and vascular biology research
Adropin
Energy homeostasis and vascular research
Alpha-MSH
Pigmentation, inflammation, and melanocortin pathway research
Amylin
Satiety and glucose-regulation research
Angiotensin II
Vasodilatory shock medication context depending on product label
Anidulafungin
Invasive fungal infection medication context depending on product label
AOD-9604
Metabolic and body-composition research
Apelin
Cardiovascular and metabolic pathway research
Argireline
Topical cosmetic expression-line ingredient context
Atrial natriuretic peptide
Cardiovascular and fluid-balance research
Aviptadil
Pulmonary and critical-care research
Bacitracin
Topical or ophthalmic antibacterial medication context depending on product label
Beta-endorphin
Pain, stress, and neuroendocrine research
Biotinoyl tripeptide-1
Topical hair-care ingredient context
Bivalirudin
Anticoagulant medication context depending on product label
BPC-157
Tissue repair and gut pathway research
Bradykinin
Inflammation, vascular permeability, and angioedema pathway research
Bremelanotide
FDA-approved product context for acquired, generalized hypoactive sexual desire disorder in premenopausal women
Cagrilintide
Weight management and metabolic research
Calcitonin gene-related peptide
Migraine, vascular, and sensory signaling research
Calcitonin salmon
Bone and calcium metabolism medication context depending on product label
Caspofungin
Invasive fungal infection medication context depending on product label
Cetrorelix
Assisted reproduction medication context depending on product label
Cilengitide
Oncology research
CJC-1295
Growth hormone pathway research
Colistin
Resistant Gram-negative infection medication context depending on product label
Collagen peptides
Skin, joint, and nutrition supplement context
Corticorelin
Diagnostic medication context depending on product label availability
Cosyntropin
Adrenal-axis diagnostic medication context depending on product label
Creatine
Sports nutrition comparison item
CRH
Stress-axis and endocrine research
C-type natriuretic peptide
Bone growth and cardiovascular research
Cyclosporine
Transplant, ophthalmic, or immune-mediated medication context depending on product label
Dalbavancin
Skin and soft tissue infection medication context depending on product label
Daptomycin
Gram-positive infection medication context depending on product label
Dasiglucagon
Severe hypoglycemia medication context depending on product label
Degarelix
Hormone-axis medication context depending on product label
Dermaseptin
Host-defense peptide research
Desmopressin
Antidiuretic hormone analog indications depending on product label
DSIP
Sleep and neuroendocrine research
Dulaglutide
Type 2 diabetes medication context depending on product label
Dynorphin
Pain, reward, and stress-pathway research
Elamipretide
Mitochondrial disease and Barth syndrome research or regulated context depending on jurisdiction/date
Emerging peptide placeholder
Placeholder for future source-backed peptide entries
Enfuvirtide
Antiretroviral medication context depending on product label
Enkephalin
Pain and reward-pathway research
Enlicitide decanoate
Hypercholesterolemia research
Epitalon
Aging and telomere pathway research
Eptifibatide
Cardiology medication context depending on product label
Exenatide
Type 2 diabetes medication context depending on product label
Galanin
Appetite, pain, mood, and neuroendocrine research
Ganirelix
Assisted reproduction medication context depending on product label
GHK-Cu
Cosmetic skin-care ingredient and wound/skin biology research
Ghrelin
Appetite, metabolism, and growth hormone pathway research
GIP
Metabolic signaling and incretin medicine context
GLP-1
Metabolic signaling and incretin medicine context
GLP-2
Intestinal adaptation and gut physiology research
Glucagon
Severe hypoglycemia rescue and diagnostic contexts depending on product label
Goserelin
Hormone-axis medication context depending on product label
Gramicidin
Topical/ophthalmic antibacterial ingredient context depending on product label
HCG
Hormone medication context; included because users search it near peptides
Hexapeptide-11
Topical skin-care ingredient context
Humanin
Aging, metabolism, and cellular stress research
Ibutamoren / MK-677
Growth hormone secretagogue comparison item
Icatibant
Hereditary angioedema medication context depending on product label
Insulin
Diabetes medication context depending on insulin product
Ipamorelin
Growth hormone secretagogue research
Kisspeptin
Reproductive endocrinology and GnRH-axis research
KPV
Inflammatory and gut pathway research
Lactoferricin
Antimicrobial and immune research
Lanreotide
Endocrine and neuroendocrine medication context depending on product label
Leuprolide
Hormone-axis medication context depending on product label
Linaclotide
Gastrointestinal medication context depending on product label
Liraglutide
Weight management and type 2 diabetes depending on product label
Lixisenatide
Type 2 diabetes medication context depending on product label
LL-37
Innate immunity and antimicrobial pathway research
Lunasin
Nutrition and cell-signaling research
Magainin
Host-defense peptide research
Matrixyl
Topical cosmetic skin-care ingredient context
Mazdutide
Obesity and type 2 diabetes research
Mecasermin
Growth failure medication context depending on product label
Micafungin
Invasive fungal infection medication context depending on product label
MOTS-c
Metabolic and aging-pathway research
Nafarelin
Hormone-axis medication context depending on product label
Nesfatin-1
Appetite and metabolic research
Nesiritide
Cardiovascular medication context depending on product label and market status
Neuropeptide Y
Appetite, stress, vascular, and nervous-system research
Neurotensin
Nervous-system and gastrointestinal signaling research
Nisin
Food preservation and antimicrobial research context
Octreotide
Endocrine and neuroendocrine tumor symptom medication context depending on product label
Orexin-A
Sleep, arousal, appetite, and neurobiology research
Oritavancin
Skin and soft tissue infection medication context depending on product label
Oxyntomodulin
Metabolic and appetite-regulation research
Oxytocin
Obstetric medication context and neuroendocrine research
Palmitoyl oligopeptide
Topical skin-care ingredient context
Palmitoyl tetrapeptide-7
Topical skin-care ingredient context
Palmitoyl tripeptide-1
Topical skin-care ingredient context
Paltusotine
Acromegaly medication/research context depending on product status
Pasireotide
Endocrine medication context depending on product label
Pegvisomant
Acromegaly medication context depending on product label
Pemvidutide
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis and obesity research
Peptide YY
Appetite and gut-brain axis research
Plecanatide
Gastrointestinal medication context depending on product label
PNC-27
Preclinical oncology research
Polymyxin B
Antibacterial medication context depending on product label
Pramlintide
Diabetes medication context as an amylin analog
Protirelin
Historical diagnostic medication context depending on product label availability
Retatrutide
Obesity and metabolic disease research
Romiplostim
Thrombocytopenia medication context depending on product label
Saralasin
Renin-angiotensin research and historical pharmacology context
Secretin human
Diagnostic medication context depending on product label
Selank
Anxiety, cognition, and neuropeptide research
Semaglutide
Weight management and type 2 diabetes, depending on product label
Semax
Cognition and neurological research
Sermorelin
Growth hormone pathway research and historical diagnostic/therapeutic contexts
Setmelanotide
Rare genetic obesity medication context depending on product label
SHLP-2
Metabolism and aging research
Somatostatin
Endocrine and gastrointestinal signaling research
Somatropin
Growth hormone replacement medication context depending on product label
Substance P
Pain, inflammation, and neuroimmune research
Survodutide
Obesity and metabolic liver disease research
Teduglutide
Short bowel syndrome medication context depending on product label
Telavancin
Serious bacterial infection medication context depending on product label
Teriparatide
Osteoporosis medication context depending on product label
Tesamorelin
Reduction of excess abdominal fat in HIV-associated lipodystrophy
Tesofensine peptide-adjacent comparison
Weight-management research comparison context
Thymopoietin
Immune signaling research
Thymosin alpha-1
Immune and infectious-disease research; approved in some non-US jurisdictions
Thymulin
Immune and endocrine research
Thymus peptides
Immune supplement and research-adjacent context
Tirzepatide
Weight management, obstructive sleep apnea in adults with obesity, and type 2 diabetes depending on product label
TRH
Hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis research
Tripeptide-29
Topical skin-care ingredient context
Triptorelin
Hormone-axis medication context depending on product label
Ularitide
Acute heart failure research
Urocortin
Stress-axis and cardiovascular research
Vancomycin
Serious Gram-positive infection medication context depending on product label
Vasopressin
Shock, diabetes insipidus, and procedural medication contexts depending on product label
VIP
Pulmonary, vascular, and neuroimmune pathway research
Voclosporin
Lupus nephritis medication context depending on product label
Vosoritide
Achondroplasia medication context depending on product label
Ziconotide
Severe chronic pain medication context depending on product label