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Kisspeptin

52%positive30 reports

Also: kisspeptin-10 · KP-10 · metastin · kisspeptin-54

ExcludedMoodNasal / Injection

Top-of-axis GnRH stimulator for libido/testosterone; chronic use can crash the axis.

YNWNSFGLRF · kisspeptin-10, C-amide; full kisspeptin-54 is the C-terminal 54 aa of KISS1 (10 residues)

YNWNSFGLRF kisspeptin-10, C-amide; full kisspeptin-54 is the C-terminal 54 aa of KISS1

#26 of 61 research peptides · updated
Access
Grey market
Cost / month
≈ €4.1–12
at 29–86 mcg/day · XL Peptides · €4.78/mg · no trust-4 shop lists it
Lasts 24 h – 3 days
30 user reports
Glowing 6Positive 10Mixed 2Nothing 10Negative 2
  • r/PSSD· · 3 upvotesOriginal ↗

    sex drive is good, ed is all but gone, sperm count upper normal.

    Glowing0.5-2 mcg up to 3x/day, 5 days on / 2 off · Injection · over a year

    post-SSRI/antipsychotic sexual dysfunction (PSSD), previously on hCG and enclomiphene

  • r/PSSD· · 3 upvotesOriginal ↗

    After about a week, I had improved. In a month, I had returned to the way I was iny 20's and 30's. Not only can I achieve orgasm, I can come more easily than ever... and I'm not young.

    GlowingInjection · 1 month+

    severe anorgasmia; male partner of a GF

  • r/maleinfertility· · 5 upvotesOriginal ↗

    I did try using Kisspeptin at 200mcg/day for 6 weeks to see if it would increase my LH and FSH, but no changes on blood work.

    Nothing200 mcg/day · 6 weeks

    44-year-old after ~10 years of TRT

Strict case
Directly manipulates the HPG axis; continuous or long-acting exposure suppresses it.
Users report
There are surprising libido wins in women (perimenopausal and already on HRT, one with periods and ovulation back after pelvic radiation) and in men with post-SSRI sexual dysfunction (PSSD), a few claiming full recovery. Others feel 'more chill' with no libido change, and testosterone gains are small, absent, or reversed on labs after weeks of use. Knowledgeable commenters stress it only helps if the bottleneck is hypothalamic. About a third report nothing; daily 150-250 mcg users mention insomnia and a rise in oestradiol.
Best effects
Libido restoration (esp. women) · LH/testosterone pulses · cycle regulation
Downsides
Very short action (1-3 h) · period shifts · inconsistent effect
Watch
Hormonal axis: sustained exposure desensitises the receptor and drives testosterone into castration range (TAK-448 trials) · FDA category 2 (immunogenicity, no safety data for proposed routes)
Evidence
Small human studies — Acute physiology studies; reproductive medicine trials
Typical use
100-200 mcg 2-3x/week, or kisspeptin-10 pre-activity. Users report 86–170 mcg/day (median 88 mcg, n=6).
Getting it
Research-peptide vendors sell kisspeptin-10 as 5-10 mg vials and some nasal sprays; a few US TRT clinics compounded it as an hCG substitute before FDA placed it in Category 2. Kisspeptin-54, the form used in most trials, is only available in UK research settings.
Stacked with
PT-141: Combined for libido; users call kisspeptin slower and gentler, PT-141 stronger but nausea-prone. · Enclomiphene: Men trying to raise testosterone without TRT pair them, kisspeptin driving LH while enclomiphene blocks oestrogen feedback; results on labs are mixed. · TRT / hCG: Used on TRT in place of hCG to keep testicular size; one user saw no sperm recovery on it where hCG worked within a week.

User reports 30

  • r/PSSD· · 3 upvotesOriginal ↗

    sex drive is good, ed is all but gone, sperm count upper normal.

    Glowing0.5-2 mcg up to 3x/day, 5 days on / 2 off · Injection · over a year

    post-SSRI/antipsychotic sexual dysfunction (PSSD), previously on hCG and enclomiphene

  • r/PSSD· · 3 upvotesOriginal ↗

    After about a week, I had improved. In a month, I had returned to the way I was iny 20's and 30's. Not only can I achieve orgasm, I can come more easily than ever... and I'm not young.

    GlowingInjection · 1 month+

    severe anorgasmia; male partner of a GF

  • r/PSSD· · 2 upvotesOriginal ↗

    M(57) I'm taking 200 mcg a day fasted in the morning. I'm getting morning wood, sex dreams, and random erections. It's like being 16 again.

    Glowing200 mcg/day fasted, mornings

    57-year-old man

  • r/BodyHackGuide· · 2 upvotesOriginal ↗

    I'm a 45yo woman. It worked to bring my libido back. I was repulsed by the thought of sex. Even after starting hrt.

    Glowing1 mg/day · Injection · 30 days on / 30 off

    45-year-old perimenopausal woman, already on HRT

  • r/BodyHackGuide· · 2 upvotesOriginal ↗

    I didn't have periods prior due to a previous cancer and radiation in the pelvic area. Now my periods are stable and I ovulate. I did have no libido prior, and I was drier than a desert. Now that is solved as well.

    Glowing200 mcg 2-3x/week · 7 weeks

    37-year-old woman, amenorrhoea after pelvic radiation for cancer

  • r/Biohacking· · 2 upvotesOriginal ↗

    It’s literally the best peptide ever. I’m noticing I’m so much more confident, frequent erections,extremly high libido, lifting heavy despite being on a short cut etc etc

    Glowingunder a week

    20-year-old man

  • r/Testosterone· · 7 upvotesOriginal ↗

    my testicles size is bigger and everything is working better than before I started TRT (ejaculation and all), and the pain went away within a day.

    Positive0.2 cc 2-3x/week · Injection

    on TRT, testicular atrophy, used as hCG substitute

  • r/PSSD· · 7 upvotesOriginal ↗

    i’ve been administering 250mcg of kisspeptin subcutaneously daily for a little under a week and have noticed an improvement in libido and EQ and a relief in HF-like symptoms that I experience.

    Positive250 mcg/day · Injection · about 3 weeks

    PSSD, alongside bupropion and tadalafil

  • r/PSSD· · 6 upvotesOriginal ↗

    Took 2 injections to get going and then i had erections in my sleep and sexual dreams. That subsided after two weeks.

    Positive4 units every other day (concentration unstated) · 1 month

    40-year-old man trying to conceive

  • r/Testosterone· · 5 upvotesOriginal ↗

    I have never experienced any testicles shrinkage thanks to the kisspeptin. Just opposite! Great peptide. My dose is 100 mcg daily subQ

    Positive100 mcg/day · Injection

    on TRT from the start

  • r/Biohacking· · 3 upvotesOriginal ↗

    200 micrograms of Kisspeptin every 2-3 days was awesome for interesting and increases hormones. Its not a massive in your face but I felt the change a few shots in.

    Positive200 mcg every 2-3 days

  • r/PSSD· · 2 upvotesOriginal ↗

    Tbh I'm quite shocked how well it's working for libido. It's almost too miraculous.

    PositiveNasal · 4 days

    woman with ovarian insufficiency and genital atrophy

  • r/PSSD· · 1 upvotesOriginal ↗

    Increased libido after a month on and just the right amount of more sensitivity. What I’ve seen with too high of a dose is your wide awake all night. 250 had me awake for 2 nights.

    Positive1 month+

  • r/Testosterone· · 1 upvotesOriginal ↗

    I’ve been taking Kisspeptin for about 6 months now and have seen my T levels go from ~350 to 550. Kisspeptin has helped with brain fog, overall energy levels and strength and recovery

    Positive6 months

    clinic-prescribed, not on TRT

  • r/Testosterone· · 1 upvotesOriginal ↗

    Kisspeptin only made me come off after 12 years of hormone use and it was pretty easy ride.

    Positive

    post-cycle recovery after 12 years of AAS/TRT, SERM-intolerant

  • r/PSSD· · 1 upvotesOriginal ↗

    it did nothing to me for subQ. only started to work when i switched to deep IM.

    Positive400 mcg/day in two shots · Injection · 5 months

    PSSD

  • r/PSSD· · 35 upvotesOriginal ↗

    After 3 Months of daily 100-150 micrograms Kisspeptin-10 I had huge problems with sleep, very heavy legs and was often on the brink of crying.

    Mixed100-150 mcg/day · Injection · 3 months

    PSSD; hCG had not helped libido

  • r/BodyHackGuide· · 5 upvotesOriginal ↗

    I think it has helped with cortisol more than anything. I could be totally mistaken, but I feel more chill ever since I started taking it. Has not done anything for libido.

    MixedAnxiety · several months

    43-year-old, not on TRT

  • r/maleinfertility· · 5 upvotesOriginal ↗

    I did try using Kisspeptin at 200mcg/day for 6 weeks to see if it would increase my LH and FSH, but no changes on blood work.

    Nothing200 mcg/day · 6 weeks

    44-year-old after ~10 years of TRT

  • r/Testosterone· · 5 upvotesOriginal ↗

    I’ve now tried everything, from supplements like Maca, Muira Puama, through peptides (PT-141, kisspeptin), to HCG.

    Nothing

    TRT-associated low libido; PT-141 and hCG also failed

  • r/PSSD· · 3 upvotesOriginal ↗

    In my experience it did absolutely nothing for me, nor did HCG, nor did clomid, nor did testosterone or any other anabolic androgenic steroid.

    Nothing

    PSSD; hCG, clomiphene and AAS also failed

  • r/Testosterone· · 2 upvotesOriginal ↗

    I got kiss 10. I tried various doses. For a month I did alot. Lol. It didn't do anything. Absolutely nothing. No sperm.

    Nothing1 month, various doses

    blast-and-cruise AAS user trying to restore fertility

  • r/Peptidesource· · 2 upvotesOriginal ↗

    Didn’t help me. I tried everything for three years before trt. Enclomiphene was good but harder to find.

    Nothing

    low testosterone, ended up on TRT

  • r/BiohackingU· · 2 upvotesOriginal ↗

    My personal kiss protocol didn’t in the end seem to help my numbers or experience but maybe it will for others

    Nothing

  • r/BodyHackGuide· · 1 upvotesOriginal ↗

    I’m playing with it too but doing 200mcg 3x a week for 4 weeks on then 4 weeks off. So far have noticed no changes.

    Nothing200 mcg 3x/week, 4 weeks on / 4 off

  • r/BodyHackGuide· · 1 upvotesOriginal ↗

    I took it 2 days in a row and the only thing that happened was my period started 4 days early.

    NothingMood · 2 days

    45-year-old woman, on tirzepatide and other peptides

  • r/BodyHackGuide· · 1 upvotesOriginal ↗

    I'm on tirzepatide which might blunt libido slightly and I think kisspeptin might help like 10%. Nothing to write home about but again, not super consistent here.

    Nothing~125 mcg 5 days/week · several weeks, inconsistently

    woman with PCOS on tirzepatide

  • r/Biohacking· · 1 upvotesOriginal ↗

    I tried to Kisspeptin whilst Running reta work. The minute I stopped Reta 2 weeks my libido came straight back

    Nothing

    woman with retatrutide-related low libido; libido returned only after stopping reta

  • r/Biohacking· · 2 upvotesOriginal ↗

    Maybe: kisspeptin and oxytocin but the headaches were not great. Could have been a dosage issue but I was already on such a tiny dose.

    Negative

  • r/Biohacking· · 1 upvotesOriginal ↗

    Ran a 12-weeks trial kisspeptin 250mcg and results are in Before the test: Testosterone 528 ng/dL SHBG 23 Calculated Free Testosterone 516 After the test Testosterone 434ng/dL SHBG 25 Calculated Free Testosterone 371

    Negative250 mcg · 12 weeks

    41-year-old man, before/after labs, no lifestyle change

Safety

Tier by safety barStrict ExcludedBalanced CautionEvidence only Caution

Seen harmMechanismData gapSilent harmProduct

Seen harm 0/3
Acute studies in volunteers and IVF trials in the low hundreds report no serious adverse events and no blood-pressure or heart-rate change, but no study has looked at the repeated self-dosing people practise. Abbara et al. 2015: kisspeptin-54 trigger in 60 IVF patients at OHSS risk (JCEM, PubMed 26192876) ↗Nijher et al. 2010: no blood-pressure or heart-rate change with kisspeptin in volunteers (PubMed 21039761) ↗
Mechanism 2/3
Hormone-axis manipulation: single doses raise LH and testosterone, but sustained exposure to the analogue TAK-448 drove testosterone below castration levels by day 8. MacLean et al. 2014: sustained kisspeptin analogue TAK-448 drives testosterone below castration (JCEM, PubMed 24762108) ↗
Data gap 2/3
Only acute physiology studies and small IVF trials (the largest 60 women); FDA found no or limited safety data for the routes proposed. Abbara et al. 2015: kisspeptin-54 trigger in 60 IVF patients at OHSS risk (JCEM, PubMed 26192876) ↗FDA: bulk drug substances that may present significant safety risks (category 2 and withdrawn nominations) ↗
Silent harm 2/3
Axis suppression builds up over days of frequent dosing and shows on LH and testosterone tests, though libido changes may be noticed. MacLean et al. 2014: sustained kisspeptin analogue TAK-448 drives testosterone below castration (JCEM, PubMed 24762108) ↗
Product 3/3
Grey-market subcutaneous vials, with some nasal sprays. Mendias & Awan 2026 preprint: 6,441 grey-market peptide samples, 42-71% failed quality criteria, 15% had endotoxin ↗
Never if
Hormone-sensitive cancers · Trying to conceive, outside a fertility clinic · Pregnancy or breastfeeding (no human reproductive data)

Where to buy 6 in Europe · 9 total

ShopFormPricePer mgTesting
Baltic PeptidesEU · LTpowder · 10 mg€35€3.50/mgThird-party testedout of stock
Baltic PeptidesEU · LTspray · 10 mgcontents not stated€40€4.00/mgThird-party testedout of stock
XL PeptidesUK · GBpowder · 5 mg€2419.99 GBP€4.78/mgThird-party tested
SwissChemsUSpowder · 10 mg€5459.99 USD€5.39/mgThird-party tested
Semax PolskaEU · PLpowder · 5 mg€30€6.05/mgThird-party testedout of stock
Europa-PeptideEU · PLpowder · 5 mg€39€7.78/mgOwn COAout of stock
Modern Peptides EUEU · DEpowder · 10 mg€84€8.40/mgOwn COA
Limitless Biotech (Limitless Life Nootropics)USsolution · 5 mg€4852.99 USD€9.52/mgNo public tests
Limitless Biotech (Limitless Life Nootropics)USpowder · 5 mg€5864.99 USD€12/mgNo public tests

Studies 6

Sources 3

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  1. 1GHRP-6 Excluded Injection≈ €13–81 / month59%positive14 reportsFirst-generation GHRP used as an appetite drug for bulking; strong hunger, cortisol, glucose, GH axis.GH/IGF-1 axis elevation plus cortisol rise and reduced insulin sensitivity (FDA), with only single-dose human safety data.
  2. 2Hexarelin Excluded Injection≈ €27–110 / month45%positive5 reportsMost potent GHRP; fast desensitisation, acute cortisol/prolactin rise and direct CD36 heart effects.GH/IGF-1 axis elevation, acute cortisol and prolactin release, and GH-independent actions on heart and coronary vessels via CD36.
  3. 3IGF-1 DES Excluded Injection≈ €22–180 / month49%positive4 reportsShort-acting, truncated IGF-1 injected into the trained muscle; very potent at dropping blood sugar.An IGF-1 receptor agonist about ten times as potent as IGF-1 in cells and the most hypoglycaemic of the IGF-1 variants in primates, with no human data, the same tumour-promotion concern as LR3, and grey-market vials that are rarely tested.
  4. 4MK-677 Excluded Oral≈ €18–54 / month48%positive29 reportsOral GH secretagogue (not a peptide); hunger, bloat, insulin resistance, CHF signal.GH/IGF-1 elevation, insulin resistance and a CHF safety signal in an RCT.
  5. 5Follistatin-344 Excluded Injection≈ €180–450 / month44%positive10 reportsMyostatin/activin-binding protein sold as 1 mg vials; about half of tested vials held no follistatin.Blocks myostatin and activin signalling (FSH axis, angiogenesis, glucose) with no human safety data for the injected protein; vials often hold other drugs.
  6. 6IGF-1 LR3 Excluded Injection≈ €36–140 / month40%positive24 reportsLong-acting IGF-1 analogue (a cell-culture reagent) for muscle; hypoglycaemia, tumour-growth signal.A potent, long-acting IGF-1 receptor agonist with no human data at all: it accelerated tumour growth in mice, the same receptor causes hypoglycaemic seizures and carries a malignancy warning on the approved IGF-1 drug, and every vial is grey-market.
  7. 7Sermorelin YADAIFTNSYRKVLGQLSARKLLQDIMSR (29 residues) Excluded Sublingual / Injection≈ €38–94 / month46%positive29 reportsShort GHRH analogue; cheap, gentle, sleep-focused, still GH/IGF-1 axis.GH/IGF-1 axis elevation, though the mildest of the class.
  8. 8PT-141 DHFRWK (6 residues) Excluded Nasal / Injection≈ €24–170 / month39%positive30 reportsFDA-approved melanocortin libido drug; works strongly for many, raises blood pressure.Cardiovascular effects (BP spikes; contraindicated in CVD) and melanocortin pigmentation effects.
  9. 9GHRP-2 Excluded Injection / Nasal / IV≈ €18–45 / month39%positive7 reportsJapan-approved GH diagnostic sold as a vial; hunger, cortisol and prolactin spikes, GH axis.GH/IGF-1 axis elevation with cortisol and prolactin spikes; FDA notes raised insulin needs and deaths in critically ill subjects.
  10. 10Ipamorelin Excluded Injection≈ €11–100 / month42%positive51 reportsSelective ghrelin-receptor GH secretagogue; sleep and recovery, GH axis plus reactions.GH/IGF-1 axis elevation plus repeated anaphylaxis reports, including a coroner-attributed death.
  11. 11CJC-1295 YADAIFTQSYRKVLAQLSARKLLQDILSR (29 residues) Excluded Injection≈ €14–27 / month38%positive29 reportsLong-acting GHRH analogue stacked with ipamorelin; GH axis, vasodilatory reactions.GH/IGF-1 axis elevation plus FDA-noted tachycardia/vasodilatory reactions and anaphylaxis.

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% positive

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Researcher estimate

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Safety tier

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Safety bar

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Seen harm

Documented serious adverse events in humans, from 0 for none despite real exposure to 3 for deaths or several well-documented serious harms. Serious means a hospital or emergency visit or harm lasting weeks, so a headache or a bad night does not count.

Mechanism

A plausible biological route to serious harm at the doses people use, such as growth-factor signalling, hormone-axis suppression, heart or blood-pressure effects or immune activation. It runs from 0 when none is known to 3 when a dangerous pathway has been shown in living animals.

Data gap

How little human safety data exists for the molecule actually sold, from 0 for an approved drug with large trials and years of use to 3 for no human safety data at all. A modified analogue does not inherit its parent's trials.

Silent harm

Whether the feared harm would show quickly or stay hidden, from 0 when it is obvious and goes on stopping to 3 when it is silent and delayed, like tumour promotion or slow organ damage. User reports cannot reveal a harm that takes years to appear, so a high score here limits what good reviews can tell you.

Product

The risk of what people actually buy, from 0 for a regulated pharmacy or supplement product taken by mouth or on the skin to 3 for a grey-market injectable. In one dataset of 6,441 grey-market samples, 42–71% failed basic quality criteria and 15% carried endotoxin.

Evidence

The strongest kind of study behind the peptide's effects, from an approved drug through human controlled trials and small human studies to animal work or nothing of its own. Animal results often fail to carry over to people.

Access

How people get it: as an approved drug, a compounded prescription, an over-the-counter supplement or from the grey market, where nobody checks the vial. The channel decides both the legal position and the risk of a bad batch.

Price per month

Thirty days of the typical dose, from its low end to its high end, priced at the listing a careful buyer would choose: in stock, from a shop scoring 4 of 5 on trust (third-party tested where no score is set), failing that 3, a pure pack before a blend, a European shop first, then the cheapest per mg. The range is the dose's, not the shops'. A per-dose amount counts once a day unless the dose says otherwise. Prices are in euros at ECB rates of 2026-10-29, before shipping; the shop table keeps each listing's price per mg, per gram for bulk supplements. Where no listing can be priced the researchers' own estimate stands in, and says so.

Dose users report

The middle half of the daily doses stated in at least five first-hand reports, vendor posts left out. Where its middle sits more than twice above or below the declared dose, the month is priced at it as well, since what people take is what they pay for.

Testing

Whether the shop publishes lab results: third-party tested means an independent lab checks each batch, own COA means the shop's own certificate of analysis, and no public tests means neither. A certificate shows purity, not safety.

Added peptide

Some packs sold under one peptide's name hold a second one, such as 5 mg GHK-Cu in a nasal kit, stated only in the description. Sprayed in the nose or injected it reaches the blood like an injection, so it carries the risk of that route and is tiered as the injectable form, whatever its tier on the skin. A pack whose page gives no contents list may hold more than its name.