What we checked, what we changed and what we threw out. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit 2026-11-13T00:51:00Z Worked in Rats https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-51 2026-11-13T00:51:00Z Added: the weekly. One short email a week on new trials, rule changes and our own corrections. Every issue is also posted on the site. your email is used only to send it https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-50 2026-11-13T00:50:00Z Added: the count, one page that adds up the grades. A share card and a small badge for every compound. A page for journalists. the badge grades the compound, not a product https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-49 2026-11-12T00:49:00Z Added: Him, her and other. Who was actually in the studies, where results differed by sex, and the plain science of why. Every line links to its source. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-48 2026-11-12T00:48:00Z Could not confirm: how AOD-9604 and epitalon were given in their human studies. Their pages say so. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-47 2026-11-12T00:47:00Z Added: "How it was given in studies" on every compound page: by mouth, under the skin, into a vein, on the skin, or never tested in people. Each line comes from the trial paper, the FDA label or the trial registry. what the studies did, not a how-to https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-46 2026-11-12T00:46:00Z Added: an Ask page. Send a question with no login. Answers are posted with no name. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-45 2026-11-12T00:45:00Z Added: the shelf. 39 over-the-counter supplements, each with its grade and a plain Amazon search. No affiliate tag. No peptides, SARMs or prescription drugs. we earn nothing if you buy https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-44 2026-11-12T00:44:00Z Added: one page for each compound, 72 in all, with its grade, what studies saw, the trade-off and its sources. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-43 2026-11-12T00:43:00Z Added: limits on how fast anyone can post or send feedback, so the forum cannot be flooded. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-42 2026-11-12T00:42:00Z Added: each goal page now has its own web address, such as workedinrats.com/muscle. Those pages load without JavaScript. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-41 2026-11-12T00:41:00Z Added: forum rules on sourcing and reporting, an adults-only line, and plainer privacy details. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-40 2026-11-12T00:40:00Z Changed: the fonts and the login code are now served from this site. No Google or other outside network loads with the page. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-39 2026-11-12T00:39:00Z Changed: vendor watch now links each name to the FDA's own letter. The unfinished lab scorecards section is gone. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-38 2026-11-12T00:38:00Z Changed: Semax, Selank and phenibut now cite journal papers and the FDA. The old source was a company that sells peptides. we do not link to peptide sellers https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-37 2026-11-12T00:37:00Z Removed: amounts. Upper limits now point to the NIH fact sheet instead of printing a number. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-36 2026-11-12T00:36:00Z Changed: the stack builder now starts empty. "Ready-made stacks" became "Stacks people ask about", and "What to expect" became "What studies saw, and when". https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-35 2026-11-12T00:35:00Z Outside review: a fresh reader went through every page before launch and listed what breaks our own rules. We fixed the wording that read like advice, the flat "no study exists" claims, and the lines that disagreed with each other. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-34 2026-11-12T00:34:00Z Removed: the Brain and focus placeholder from the goals page. That page is not being built for now. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-33 2026-11-12T00:33:00Z Updated: saffron and magnesium L-threonate, for 2026 trials and reviews. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-32 2026-11-12T00:32:00Z Changed: retatrutide grade from B back to A. A final-stage trial in 2,339 adults was published on September 29, 2026. It is still not approved. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-31 2026-11-12T00:31:00Z Corrected: BPC-157 human studies. We said one. A 2026 review counts three, about 30 people in all, none with a comparison group. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-30 2026-11-12T00:30:00Z Corrected: the MK-677 source link pointed at the wrong paper. It now opens the hip-fracture trial. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-29 2026-11-12T00:29:00Z Corrected: Cardarine. We said it had no human results. A 12-week trial in 268 adults measured blood fats. we got this one wrong https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-28 2026-11-12T00:28:00Z Re-checked: the 45 oldest stack-builder entries, one by one, against published sources. 15 were corrected. All 75 compounds now list their sources when you open them. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-27 2026-11-12T00:27:00Z Live: login emails now reach anyone who signs up. They come from login@workedinrats.com and are sent through Resend. The privacy page says so. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-26 2026-11-12T00:26:00Z Added: 34 more compounds to the stack builder: gym supplements, testosterone boosters, gut, libido and the newest weight-loss drugs. 75 in total. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-25 2026-11-12T00:25:00Z Checked: gut health. 19 published sources and a trial registry entry. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-24 2026-11-12T00:24:00Z Added: 13 compounds to the stack builder, including melatonin, creatine, epitalon, MOTS-c and four sold as SARMs. 41 in total. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-23 2026-11-12T00:23:00Z Checked: SARMs and SERMs. 16 published sources, plus FDA, USADA, WADA and a drug label. only 23 of 44 products tested contained a SARM https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-22 2026-11-12T00:22:00Z Checked: skin and hair. 17 published sources and two FDA pages. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-21 2026-11-12T00:21:00Z Checked: anti-aging. 17 published sources, a trial registry entry and an FDA page. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-20 2026-11-12T00:20:00Z Checked: sleep and stress. 20 published sources. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-19 2026-11-12T00:19:00Z Updated: BPC-157 pharmacy rules. HHS issued a temporary policy in late October not to act against licensed compounding of six peptides. temporary, and not an approval https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-18 2026-11-12T00:18:00Z Left out: how to manage a blood sugar crash from insulin. more than half of non-diabetic users crashed. one passed out. a separate report describes a coma. we will not write that how-to. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-17 2026-11-12T00:17:00Z Checked: muscle and fat loss. 28 published sources, plus two FDA pages. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-16 2026-11-12T00:16:00Z Live: the site opened at workedinrats.com with one-tap login, the forum, private feedback and a privacy page. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-15 2026-11-11T00:15:00Z Corrected: NAC upsets the stomach. same rate on placebo in the bronchitis trials https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-14 2026-11-11T00:14:00Z Corrected: NAC makes the body's main antioxidant. it supplies a building block, that is all the sources say https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-13 2026-11-11T00:13:00Z Checked: the last three draft supplements. All 28 compounds are now source-checked. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-12 2026-11-11T00:12:00Z Checked: every outside link on the site, twice. Two podcast links and one book link now go to the publisher instead of a middleman. Five public look-up sources added. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-11 2026-11-11T00:11:00Z Corrected: the failed ALS trial tested a TUDCA combination drug, not TUDCA alone. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-10 2026-11-11T00:10:00Z Corrected: Magnesium L-threonate improves sleep. the trial could not tell https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-9 2026-11-11T00:09:00Z Corrected: Bacopa improves memory. the review found faster attention, not memory https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-8 2026-11-11T00:08:00Z Added: a what-to-expect timeline, a daily plan and eight example stacks to the stack builder, plus a supplements page. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-7 2026-11-11T00:07:00Z Changed: grade wording. A now means strong human proof. B covers small, early or mixed results. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-6 2026-11-11T00:06:00Z Added: 14 over-the-counter supplements to the stack builder. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-5 2026-11-11T00:05:00Z Changed: retatrutide grade from A to B. The published trial is mid-stage and the drug is not approved. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-4 2026-11-11T00:04:00Z Checked: all 28 compounds in the stack builder. 25 are source-checked. Three supplements are still marked draft. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-3 2026-11-11T00:03:00Z Flagged: five sellers with FDA warning letters from August 2026. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-2 2026-11-11T00:02:00Z Thrown out: eye and skin trials of thymosin beta-4 as proof TB-500 heals tendons. different molecule, different body part https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-1 2026-11-11T00:01:00Z Thrown out: "BPC-157 is proven to heal tendons." 35 animal or lab studies. 1 human study, 12 people. https://www.workedinrats.com/audit#entry-0 2026-11-11T00:00:00Z Checked: tendon recovery. Four compounds graded against six published sources.