Astro Hacker News - A brief history of oral peptides

celltalk |next [-]

It’s a great read but is this really the history of oral peptides?

abainbridge |root |parent [-]

Yep, I think it is. The point is there's almost no history of oral peptides, other than stomachs destroying them.

FTA: "So to summarize the state of the art in oral peptide delivery: there are exactly two FDA-approved products that use permeation enhancers to get peptides into your bloodstream through your GI tract. Both achieve sub-1% bioavailability. Both required over a decade of development, thousands of clinical trial participants, and hundreds of millions of dollars."

pstuart |root |parent [-]

Would a sublingual dose be possible/more effective? Research in other (um, yeah, medicinal!) compounds shows that it can be an effective pathway to the bloodstream rather than trying to survive the digestive system.

CGMthrowaway |root |parent |next [-]

Sublingual is even harder. The sublingual mucosa is thin but selective. It strongly favors molecules that are small, lipophilic and uncharged. Semaglutide is about 8-10x too big, highly polar and charged.

Injection is really the only method with any substantial bioavailability. BUT, low (<1%) bioavailability does not necessarily mean useless.

rodarmor |root |parent |previous [-]

It would be hilarious if people wound up snorting or boofing their GLP-1s (≧▽≦)

Kaminsk13 |next |previous [-]

I'm not sure why the hims investors ever thought that this was legal

InsideOutSanta |root |parent |next [-]

They probably didn't, they just took the bet that this was one of the crimes that are currently legal, like crypto scams, environmental crimes, bribery, and tay evasion for the rich.

kps |root |parent |next |previous [-]

The charitable assumption is that investors weren't aware it was a problem.

badrequest |root |parent |previous [-]

Some of the most profitable ventures this century have been objectively illegal, but when you know you won't go to prison for violating the law, why would you care to follow it?

pixl97 |root |parent [-]

The process of chlorinating water was first done illegally.

badc0ffee |next |previous [-]

Informative article but I feel like it could have benefited from a paragraph about what Hims is. I had never heard of them before.

Boot2Root |next |previous [-]

Appreciate the perspective on the risk of dubious formulations. Consequences are far more than cosmetic.

ftchd |next |previous [-]

thanks, needed this for a mogging session later

ydai0531 |previous [-]

great read!