Overview
This page provides a high-level, educational overview of AOD-9604. It focuses on conceptual themes rather than individual treatment advice or protocols.
Key themes in benefit discussions
Discussions around AOD-9604 often focus on potential roles in specific physiologic systems or experimental models. Public materials may mention areas such as tissue repair, metabolic regulation, immune modulation, or other domain-specific endpoints, depending on the molecule.
Context and caveats
For any peptide, perceived "benefits" depend heavily on the quality of the underlying evidence, the population studied, and regulatory status. Signals from preclinical or small human studies are best treated as hypotheses, not guarantees of response.
Sport & Anti-Doping Warning
AOD-9604 has featured in high-profile anti-doping investigations, most notably the Essendon Football Club supplements saga in Australian rules football, where regulators clarified it was a non-approved substance prohibited at all times.
- >Essendon Football Club supplements saga (background)
- >Discussion of AOD-9604 and WADA's S0 (non-approved substances) category
For WADA-code athletes, AOD-9604 has been treated as prohibited under the S0 category, regardless of whether it is marketed as a 'research' or 'wellness' product.