Is Melanotan Injectable Tanner safe?

Melanotan and Melanotan II are not approved by the U.S. FDA as a  injectable tanner, a prevention of skin cancer or for any other reason.  In fact, a company marketing this product has received FDA warnings (see http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/news/2007/new01694.html) for fraudulent claims and illegally selling a non-approved drug.  Some might argue, as in the case of Lipodissolve, that injected melatonin is a supplement and therefore does not need approval.  Wrong. A drug is defined as "articles (other than food) intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of man or other animals" [FD&C Act, sec. 201(g)(1)].  Injecting a substance into the body to produce a tan affects the function of skin and therefore said substance, is a drug. The absence of FDA approval or even sanctioned clinical trials or qualified peer-reviewed clinical stuides means that there are no qualified data for efficacy, advserse events or even related to dosing. Appropriate dose:  ZERO.    

Forget what she said. The FDA has ZERO credibility!!! They approve drugs that kill!! they wont approve hcg for weight loss. they will approve meth though. the FDA banned ephedrine which is Mao huang an herb. because it out performs the meth they give for weight loss. The FDA's own site said there was nothing wrong with it. We need the free market not poison pushers!!! google bayer+Aids or you can see the report on youtube. When the FDA tells me something is good and safe I run!! When they tell me to run from a drug I look further into it. Melanotan II is a good suppliment!!

Hi I am a journalist and I am looking for someone that used or is using Melanotan. Just to ask some questions like what is your experience, why are u usinge it etc. If you are interested in a telephone interview please send me a comment

Have to agree with the above! I have read nothing negative about Melanotan and have been researching it for 2 years and using it for 6 months. I look and feel great.

I am using MT II and so far have only experienced vomitting on the first dosage, thereafter though i feel great! I have had five 0.1mg so far and my skin is turning a more youthful colour, im a natural white blonde headed girl with very pale skin, im hoping to go a golden colour once i finish the bottle in about 5 days time :) any questions, just ask! xxx

A small caveat to fellow readers: Unfortunately there are unscrupulous individuals who sell the melanotan peptides that go around on the internet and rave about what it can do and downplay side effects. The melanotan peptides (melanotan-1 "afamelanotide" and melanotan II) are not "supplements" but indeed they are drugs that are administered via subcutaneous injections (in virtually an identical way as the peptide drug insulin is administered). The simple fact to the matter is that as of right now these peptide drugs have never been licensed for human usage outside of health agency sanctioned clinical trials. As such there are no regulated laboratories manufacturing these drugs. The reason this is a problem is that one cannot have the highest degree of confidence that what they will purchase on the internet is indeed what it was sold as without having independent testing done on the product. It is true that the FDA has approved drugs for human usage that later proved to be too toxic for general usage (and were subsequently removed from the market) but individuals should never discount what they do out of hand. The FDA does it's best to establish the safety of drugs and to authorize drugs for given usages according to a risk vs. benefit ratio. The FDA examines large volumes of information and employs specialist doctors and medical scientists to better understand how drugs work in determining whether a drug will be approved for usage or not. In the overwhelming number of cases the FDA gets it right but in the end the organization is not a machine and therefore is subject to human shortcomings. Given these facts it should be in the minds of those who use drugs that regardless of a drug's license status it can still potentially be harmful even when used as directed. By the same token just because a drug or food product is not licensed by the FDA does not immediately mean that it is dangerous but rather that it's level of danger in usage is officially unknown to the FDA. Folks should look upon glowing reports about usage of the melanotan peptides with skepticism and be quick to question the conflicts of interest that the person doing the glorifying may have (ie: are they involved in sales of the peptides?). At the same time when someone is talking about the peptides in a negative light their conflicts of interest should also be examined (ie: are they part of sales of DHA based tanning products or just anti-drug in general?). In both cases the more that a given individual can cite scientific and/or medical texts to support what they are saying the more that what they are saying should be given weight. Sincerely, Scott Stevenson