Melanotan injections are sold illegally and possibly unsafe

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i just think that if it has yet to be tested that you should not be doing it. Who knows what if it chemicly changes your skin and causes cancer. the opisite of what they want you to think.
i persoally think it is very creapy that you could put yourself in so much wrisk for a tan. go outside.

This drug does have extreme effects on people, as i have seen with friends. some look ridiculous. but with careful use it could be beneficial especially to those who dont tan easily.
however i would warn not to take this until it is sold in licensed stores

Folks, this isn’t a forum to discuss using the melanotan peptides or one’s experience doing so. This blog entry is here as a warning.

-Scott

I’ve used MT-2 and I think it was from China. I don’t know how pure it was but I’m so white that in the winter you can see through my skin. I’m very tan from MT-2 and a few visits to a sun booth. First my freckles got dark and then they connected. I did get nausia and I wish they would make this legal so a person would know what they’re getting. I’ve had lung cancer and my father had skin cancer so I felt I’m a good candidate for trial.

I want to use melanotan 11 but I am subject to drug testing in my job. Are the ingredients legal and are they allowed to be used in the uk.

Henry Snowcroft,

You’re relying upon what is in effect a tabloid to cite concerns?

Why not cite a source a bit more authoritative and less salacious like the UK’s MHRA?

http://www.mhra.gov.uk/NewsCentre/Pressreleases/CON031009

” Melanotan has not been tested for safety, quality or effectiveness. Therefore it is not known what the possible side effects are or how serious they could be. People should be aware of this should they be offered the product.”

and

“The MHRA is the government agency responsible for ensuring that medicines and medical devices work, and are acceptably safe. No product is risk-free. Underpinning all our work lie robust and fact-based judgements to ensure that the benefits to patients and the public justify the risks. We keep watch over medicines and devices, and take any necessary action to protect the public promptly if there is a problem. We encourage everyone –the public and healthcare professionals as well as the industry – to tell us about any problems with a medicine or medical device, so that we can investigate and take any necessary action. http://www.mhra.gov.uk”

Sincerely,

-Scott Stevenson
Melanotan.org Admin

Sarah – while you’re right that people with red hair and blue eyes often have very pale skin, and thus more susceptible to sunburn, melanotan injections are still not properly clinically tested. In any case, the degree of protection given by a tan is still relatively low – so people still need to take other protective measures, like clothing, sunscreen and shade, to protect themselves in the summer sun.

On top of this, melanotan’s side effects aren’t fully understood and could potentially be harmful. Indeed, there are already stories circulating of quite serious side effects amongst some users

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1125006/How-thousands-women-injecting-illegal-instant-tan-drug-wreck-health.html

We need to see data from proper clinical trials about the safety and effectiveness of these products. Currently, as Ed pointed out above, their sale and advertising is illegal.

Henry

What about people with red hair and blue eyes? who are just unfortunate and dont take a tan? Would this be an advantage to them and work?

A rather interesting article just published by Wired Magazine:

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/01/tan.html

-Scott

This news should come as no surprise. Dark moles and freckles are dark owing to their melanin content. Anything that causes melanogenesis (even something as simple as normal sun bathing) is going to darken moles and/or freckles (really any points of accumulated melanin). Anyone who sunbathes to a certain degree is going to notice a darkening of their moles and/or freckles. Ordinarily this type of darkening happens fairly evenly across the skin and moles/freckles concurrently. What the melanotan peptides do in certain individuals however is tend to make moles darken in a non-concurrent manner. The moles and freckles tend to get darker before the skin that surrounds them does. This sets up a disagreeable contrast. Once the surrounding skin darkens in accord with the moles this contrast is not as pronounced and the newly darkened moles do not appear so prominently.

-Scott

As we say in the post, Melanotan is being assessed in rigorous clinical trials, some of which have found promising results. But these are still under way and as yet, the product has not been regulated for use. We are not criticising Melanotan itself, but we are concerned about unregulated and illegal use.

Also, Lesley Rhodes is a woman.

Please know that Dr. Lesley E. Rhodes ([b]LER[/b] one of the dermatologists who authored the BMJ’s report) actually works with Clinuvel the company developing melanotan one for EPP, PMLE, AK, PDT, etc.

He is mentioned in this 2005 Clinuvel Annual Report:

http://clinuvel.com/resources/pdf/annual_reports/Annual_Report_2005.pdf

as well as this 2006 annual report:

http://clinuvel.com/resources/pdf/annual_reports/Annual_Report_2006.pdf

He is also one of the Principal Investigator’s in Clinuvel’s clinical trial of Melanotan one for PMLE:

http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00472901

-Scott