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They require clinic visits, they cost more, and they don't offer a meaningful advantage over high-dose oral supplementation when absorption isn't the problem
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But the clinical question isnt Can you stack peptides? Its: Does the combination make biological sense, does it have human evidence, and can you monitor it safely enough to justify the added complexity
