I just finished an Epithalon protocol suggested by our fearless leader…5 days at 5 mg and 5 days at 10 mg. I have 25 mg left of my 100 mg vial. Should I pitch it, run 5 mg a week (until it runs out) for maintenance, just do 5 more days at 5 mg, or some other option? Thanks!

Disclaimer: This post is for research and educational purposes only. This is not medical advice. Always consult with a qualified healthcare professional before starting any new protocol. Most people who start researching with glutathione make the same mistake I did: they go too high, too fast, and end up feeling like they got hit by a truck. I'm talking full-on flu-like symptoms. Headaches. Body aches. Fatigue. Brain fog. Nausea. Chills. The whole deal. And then they think glutathione is "bad" or that they're having an allergic reaction, so they stop completely. That's the mistake. They didn't have a bad reaction to glutathione — they just overwhelmed their body's ability to process what glutathione was doing. Let me explain what's actually happening, and then I'll give you the exact protocol I'd follow if I were starting from scratch. So What IS Glutathione? Think of glutathione as your body's master cleanup crew. It's a tiny molecule made up of three amino acids (cysteine, glycine, and glutamate), and it lives in every single cell in your body — with the highest concentration in your liver. Its main jobs: - Neutralizing free radicals (these are unstable molecules that damage your cells — think of them like rust forming on metal) - Detoxifying your liver (it literally grabs onto toxins and heavy metals and makes them water-soluble so your body can flush them out) - Supporting your immune system (it keeps your white blood cells functioning properly) Your body makes glutathione naturally, but as you age, deal with stress, eat poorly, or get exposed to environmental junk, your levels drop. That's where supplementation comes in. Why You Feel Like Garbage When You Start Too High Here's where it gets important. When you introduce a large amount of glutathione into your system all at once, it goes to work immediately — grabbing toxins, heavy metals, and metabolic waste that your body has been storing. The problem? Your body can only eliminate toxins at a certain speed.

As always, this is strictly for research and educational purposes — not medical or veterinary advice. If you're considering anything for your pet, please consult with your vet first. You've probably seen this topic floating around, and I think it's time we have an open conversation about it. This little cutie below is my dog Missy, back home in New York. She doesn't look it, but in that second picture, she's 14 years old now. I grew up with this dog. She's family. Missy's been dealing with arthritis for about a year, and it's gotten to the point where she can hardly walk — even with arthritis medication. If you've ever watched a dog you love struggle just to get up and move around, you know how gut-wrenching that is. I've been hesitant to try any peptide protocol with her. This isn't a decision I take lightly. But quality of life is the priority now, and I've seen enough people use BPC-157 and TB-500 with their animals that I think it's time to seriously look into it. So what do these peptides actually do? BPC-157 is a peptide originally derived from a protein in gastric juice. It's been studied in animal models for decades. In simple terms, it helps the body repair itself. It promotes new blood vessel growth around damaged tissue, reduces inflammation through nitric oxide pathways, and has been shown in animal studies to accelerate healing in tendons, ligaments, and muscles — all the things that break down with chronic arthritis. TB-500 is a synthetic version of Thymosin Beta-4, a peptide found naturally in nearly all animal cells. It works by promoting cell migration to injury sites and reducing inflammation. Think of it as the body's way of directing its own repair crew to where it's needed most. It's actually been used in horse medicine for years to treat joint issues and soft tissue injuries, so there's real precedent for animal use. Why use them together? They work through different but complementary pathways. BPC focuses on localized tissue repair and protection, while TB-500 works more systemically through anti-inflammatory and cell repair mechanisms. Together, they attack joint degradation from multiple angles.

Anyone’s research subject have insomnia and weight gain with Epithalon? I’ve been able to negate some of the insomnia by taking it in the morning and I’m not too worried about the weight gain since it’s a short cycle. My Hume body scale is impressed though. It’s telling me two of the three pounds I gained is muscle mass. I’m doubtful that could happen in 7 days…wouldn’t that be nice!

I saw another post in the community sharing why they started their research journey, and it inspired me to share mine — and I'd love to hear yours too. For those of you who are new here, here's my story: I lost all my weight naturally — no peptides — going from 250 lbs to 175 lbs over the course of about 2-3 years. Pure discipline, diet, and consistency. But then came the hard part. For about two years after that, I struggled with maintenance. I couldn't find a steady place where I was eating whole, clean foods that actually kept me satiated and kept the food noise quiet. I found myself stuck in a brutal cycle of binging and restricting, and it got bad — to the point where my mental health was seriously suffering. I pushed through all of it, but being in college at the time made everything harder. I had heard about semaglutide, and some compounding pharmacies carried it, but the newer option at the time was tirzepatide at a microdose — which is what compounding pharmacies were offering. After three years of struggling with binge eating, I finally took the leap and got on a microdose of tirz from a compounding pharmacy, where I paid over $1,000 for just 10mg. Even at a low dose of 1mg, it completely changed my life. The food noise? Gone. Silenced entirely. But here's the thing — even making decent money as a software engineer, I knew I wanted to save for my future, and there was no way I'd be able to afford that long-term. So I started researching. I found the most popular research companies, did deep dives, compared prices across four or five different sites, constantly flipped back and forth, managed coupon codes — the whole nine yards — just trying to find the best deals. And then one random day, after doing all of that yet again, I thought: "Let me just build a tool for this." Instead of making a spreadsheet just for myself... Peptide Price was born. I documented that entire journey on TikTok, and fast-forward about eight months — here we are. This community, this platform, all of the resources — it all started because I was just a guy trying to not overpay for something that genuinely changed my quality of life.