Medicine Vials Etsy Australia RRH: Rural and Remote Health article: 6020 A bitter pill to swallow: registered nurses and medicines regulation in remote Australia Some peptides are FDA approved drugs. Some are legal supplements. Some are neither. The same word, peptide, covers all three categories. The regulatory status of the specific compound is what determines legality. In 2023, the FDA banned 19 peptides from compounding pharmacies. No specific safety incident. No clear signal. Just a regulatory decision that pushed millions of patients toward gray market suppliers and overseas Are Peptides Legal in Australia? What You Need to Know Honed Health Licensing and training is generally well managed but some licence checks could be strengthened Office of the Auditor General