Afamelanotide versus the gray market

Telling the approved drug from the tanning powder

This unit confronts the confusion head on. Afamelanotide and Melanotan II both come from work on the same natural hormone, alpha-MSH, and unlicensed injectable products sold online are often called "melanotan" too, but they are not the same thing in structure, formulation, evidence, or oversight.

Getting this right is a safety issue, not a pedantic one. A learner who treats the online products as equivalent to SCENESSE, or who pins Melanotan II's effects on afamelanotide, has been actively misled.