Vol. 4, No. 33 — Week of September 8 Independent research-compound journalism, since 2022
Research Compound Weekly
Reporting and reader dispatches from the peptide & research-compound world
Research Compound Weekly / Letters

From Our Readers

Every issue, we run a few dispatches from readers — their own research, their own tracking, their own questions. These are personal accounts, not claims, and not medical advice. Have one to share? Write to us using the link in the footer.

I started keeping a proper log after reading your COA explainer — lot numbers, dates, which lab tested what. It sounds obsessive until the one week something doesn't add up, and suddenly you're glad you have it. Made me a much more careful buyer.

R. Halloran — Portland, OR

The cold chain piece finally explained something that had been bugging me for months — why two orders from the same supplier looked completely different on arrival. It was never the compound. It was August in a cardboard box.

J. Ferreira — Austin, TX

I've been in this community three years and this is the first outlet that talks to us like we can handle nuance. Not everything needs to be “miracle” or “scam.” Sometimes it's just: here's what the data says, here's what it doesn't.

T. Okafor — Cleveland, OH

Your payment processor piece was the first time I've seen anyone actually explain why sellers seem to disappear and reappear under new names so often. I always assumed it was shady. Turns out half the time it's just the merchant account getting pulled with no warning.

M. Whitcomb — Denver, CO

Sent your reconstitution math piece to three people this month who all asked me the same question. Should have just made it a group text at this point. Thank you for finally writing the version that doesn't assume I remember algebra.

D. Sung — Sacramento, CA

The BPC-157 piece was the first thing I've read that didn't either oversell the rat studies or dismiss them entirely. That middle ground is apparently really hard to find in this space, and you found it.

A. Petrosyan — Chicago, IL

I run a small local research group and we've started assigning your explainers as required reading before anyone places their first order. Cheaper than the mistakes people were making before we found you.

K. Ondieki — Minneapolis, MN