Is Ipamorelin legal in Virginia?
status · caveats apply
No FDA approval; PCAC voted NO Oct 29, 2024; on Category 2 'significant safety risks' list; WADA S2.2 explicitly named GH secretagogue. No state-level peptide restrictions beyond federal law in Virginia.
category: no approval · last verified May 13, 2026
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Quick answer
No FDA approval; PCAC voted NO Oct 29, 2024; on Category 2 'significant safety risks' list; WADA S2.2 explicitly named GH secretagogue. No state-level peptide restrictions beyond federal law in Virginia.
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Full status breakdown
Federal status
FDA approval
no approval
DEA scheduling
not scheduled
503A compounding
Bulks list: voted no
Do-not-compound list: on list
PCAC voted against inclusion Oct 29, 2024. Committee cited inadequate clinical efficacy/safety evidence, fluid retention/CHF/hyperglycemia concerns. On Category 2 (significant safety risks) as of April 2026.
PCAC review history
- Oct 29, 2024 · voted no · source ↗
FDA Warning Letters
- Jan 26, 2022 — Innoveix Pharmaceuticals Inc. (cited: ipamorelin, sermorelin, aod-9604) · letter ↗
Shortage status
not currently on shortage list
Sale framing
Research-use-only posture: PCAC-rejected, Category 2; commercial human-use sale violates FDCA.
Personal possession: Not federally criminalized.
Virginia — state-specific
Sport-body status
WADA 2026
on prohibited list · class S2.2 · both
Explicitly named under S2.2 (GH secretagogues) alongside anamorelin, capromorelin, ibutamoren, lenomorelin, macimorelin, tabimorelin.
USADA
banned
NCAA
banned
What we couldn’t verify
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Also known as
Ipamorelin is also marketed or referenced under the following names (vendor pseudonyms, brand names, chemical identifiers):
Ipamorelin acetateNNC 26-0161GHRPGhrelin mimetic
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Disclaimer
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