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Tesamorelin

Tesamorelin • Also called Egrifta

Legal

Tesamorelin has an FDA-approved reference product, which gives it a materially clearer regulatory footing than most wellness-market peptides.

Current status

Legal

Growth-hormone-related interest, with current federal compounding constraints still in play.

FDA category

FDA Approved

Can pharmacies compound this?

Yes

Reclassification expected?

Unclear

Its main relevance here is as a contrast case: it has an approved drug pathway instead of relying on speculative policy change.

Primary Use

Growth-hormone-related interest

body-composition interestabdominal-fat interesthormone-related interest

Also searched as

Egrifta

Regulatory Timeline

Feb 27, 2026

Political pressure and market expectations increased around a future peptide reclassification review.

Mar 15, 2023

FDA peptide compounding scrutiny intensified across 503A and 503B channels.

Nov 10, 2010

Ingredient remained available through approved or established compounding pathways.

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State-specific notes

Tennessee

More defensible than non-approved secretagogues when clinics want a peptide with a clearer federal basis.