Selank Reference
Educational, not medical advice reference for Selank: Cognitive; regulatory status, evidence posture, source review, and schedule notes. Also kn…
Plain English
- What it is
- Selank is a lab-made peptide modeled on a natural body protein fragment called tuftsin. Russia is essentially the only place it is registered as a medicine, where it is used to calm anxiety. It is not an FDA-approved drug in the United States, so here it is sold only as a research chemical.
- What people use it for
- In the peptide community, people call it the calm counterpart to Semax and talk about it for anxiety, stress, and irritability, often using a nasal spray. Many describe a relaxed, 'GABA-like' calm without feeling sedated.
- What the science shows
- The human evidence is small and mostly from Russia. The main clinical study compared it against a benzodiazepine sedative in a small group of patients and reported a calming effect plus mild thinking-and-memory benefits. Beyond that, most of the research is in animals such as rats, so the picture in people is still thin.
- The catch
- Because it acts in a calming way similar to anti-anxiety medicines, pairing it with prescription anxiety drugs could stack those effects in ways that have not been well studied. It is not FDA-approved, the human evidence is limited and largely non-U.S., and the purity of research-chemical products is not guaranteed.
Reference summary
Published evidence includes a small clinical comparison against phenazepam in anxiety disorders plus animal mechanistic work. Independent English-language human evidence remains limited.
Regulatory and posture
- Categories
- Cognitive
- Aliases
- Selank acetate, TP-7
- Evidence posture
- human - Human evidence is small and mostly non-US.
- Regulatory status
- No FDA-approved Selank drug label. Selank is used in Russian clinical contexts for anxiety and is listed among bulk substances with safety-risk concerns by FDA.
- Content review status
- research reference
Selected public sources
- FDA bulk drug substances with significant safety risks
- PubMed: Selank clinical anxiety trial
- PubMed: Selank rat memory study
Related tools
- Peptide reconstitution calculator - Convert vial mass and BAC water volume into mcg/ml.
- BAC water calculator - Solve BAC water volume for a target concentration.
- Multi-dose vial calculator - Estimate doses per vial and a projected vial-empty date.
- Reconstituted-vial storage window calculator - Estimate a generic usable-window date and days remaining.
- Peptide half-life calculator - Estimate single-dose decay from cited half-life constants.
- Injection-site rotation overview - Public overview of the Pro site-rotation planner.
For research and educational purposes only. Not medical advice.