Compound guide · Cognitive & neuro
Semax: what it is, its legal status and the evidence
A nootropic peptide, approved in Russia, sold elsewhere as a cognitive enhancer.
What the evidence shows
Approved in Russia on Russian trial data; unapproved everywhere else, including the US.
Read the full review: Semax FDA Status: A Stroke Indication, Not a Nootropic Win
Legal and FDA status
No lawful compounding route today. Semax is approved as a medicine in Russia and nowhere in the United States, and the uses FDA reviewed — stroke-related brain injury, migraine, facial nerve pain — are not the nootropic use it is sold for.
Anti-doping status
Semax is not named individually on the WADA list. That is not a clearance: check the live list before competing.
Read next: every Semax guide
What the evidence says
Is there a legal way to get it?
Not lawful to compound, so we list no sellers of Semax.
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