Peptides not on the FDA Category 2 list, including sermorelin, thymosin alpha-1, PT-141, and LL-37, can still be legally compounded
Initially conservative measure are utilised to help with the pain and disability which include: Activity level and lifestyle can be modified An individualised physical therapy rehabilitation programme and regular non-impact exercise
Low-dose lithium , promoted for brain aging after a 2025 Harvard study showed brain lithium is depleted early in Alzheimers and that lithium orotate reversed pathology in mice, has only mixed human trial evidence and works by dampening neuronal firing, so I do not recommend it for a healthy brain
References: Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health
Osteoinductive activity of composites of bone morphogenetic protein and pure titanium
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