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Maintenance Dose: Once B12 levels are normalized, a maintenance dose of 1,000 mcg monthly or every few months may be recommended
This remains an actively moving area, however: on February 27, 2026, the HHS Secretary publicly announced an intent to move roughly 14 of the 19 Category 2-listed peptides, reportedly including ipamorelin and CJC-1295, back toward Category 1 status, and multiple industry and legal-news outlets reported further FDA action in the following months easing Category 2-related restrictions on this group of peptides
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