Peptide Vault publishes information about compounds that are, for the most part, not approved for human use. Getting that wrong has real consequences, so these are the rules we hold ourselves to.
## Accuracy comes before completeness
If the evidence does not answer a question, the page says so. We would rather publish “no controlled human trial has tested this” than fill the gap with mechanism speculation dressed up as a finding.
Claims are matched to the strength of their source. “One uncontrolled study of 16 patients reported improvement” does not become “studies show it works.” An effect demonstrated in rodents is described as an effect demonstrated in rodents, every time, including when that makes the page less exciting to read.
## Every efficacy claim carries its evidence type
Any statement about what a compound does is attached to the kind of study behind it: in-vitro, animal, human observational, controlled trial, or anecdotal report. This is not a footnote convention, it is the point. Two compounds can have the same list of proposed benefits and completely different reasons to believe them.
## Sources are named and linked
Pages cite what they draw on, and the citations resolve to real documents. We do not cite a study we have not read the record for, and we do not manufacture citations to make a section look better supported than it is.
## No medical advice, and no dosing recommendations
We report what published research and practitioner accounts describe. We never instruct a reader to take anything, at any dose, by any route. Where a page includes dose figures, they are a record of what has been studied or reported, presented so you can discuss them with a clinician who knows your history.
Peptide Vault is not a substitute for medical care and nothing on it establishes a clinician-patient relationship.
## Legal and regulatory status is stated plainly
Most compounds covered here are not FDA-approved for human use, and several sit on lists that prohibit compounding pharmacies from preparing them. Every compound page carries its current regulatory status, and we do not soften that language because a compound is popular.
## Commercial relationships never change a rating
Some links on this site are affiliate links. No affiliate relationship, past, present, or prospective, affects an evidence rating, a ranking position, or whether a limitation gets written down. See how we make money for the full picture.
We do not accept paid placement, sponsored reviews, or payment to change a rating. If a vendor asks, the answer is no, and the request does not earn them a mention either.
## AI is used in our production process
We use AI tooling to research, draft, and fact-check, and a human is responsible for what gets published. Every page goes through an automated verification pass that checks each claim against its source material, and the flagged claims are corrected or removed before publication. That process is described in how we research.
We tell you this because you should know how the thing you are reading was made. It does not lower the standard the page has to meet; the standard is the same either way, and the verification step exists to enforce it.
## Updates and corrections
Regulatory status changes, trials report, and lists get revised. Pages carry a last-updated date, and material changes are made on the page rather than published as a separate note.
If you find an error, tell us. Send the page and the source, and we will correct it or explain our reading of the evidence.