Semax Side Effects and Safety
Reported Semax side effects, contraindications, and safety signals.
Safety & Contraindications
Semax is a research compound and is not FDA-approved for general use. It should be avoided by anyone with pregnancy. Most reported effects are mild and dose-dependent, so start at the low end of the dosing range and titrate up slowly rather than chasing a maximal dose.
What to Monitor
Track overall wellness and morning energy while you're running Semax so you can catch any drift early and adjust before it becomes a problem. Add these to your REGEN biomarker dashboard and re-check on your normal cadence.
Contraindications
- pregnancy
References
- Semax, an ACTH(4-10) analogue, and brain BDNF expression · Dolotov OV, et al. · 2006
- Dergunova LV, Filippenkov IB, Stavchansky VV, et al. Novel insights into the protective properties of ACTH(4-7)PGP (Semax) peptide at the transcriptome level following cerebral ischaemia-reperfusion in rats. Genes (Basel). 2020;11(6):681. · Filippenkov IB, Stavchansky VV, Denisova AE, Yuzhakov VV, Sevan'kaeva LE, Sudarkina OY, Dmitrieva VG, Gubsky LV, Myasoedov NF, Limborska SA, Dergunova LV · 2020
- [Results of the application of complex physiotherapeutic neurostimulation in optical neuropathies of various genesis]. · Dragon AK, Korchazhkina NB, Sheludchenko VM et al. · 2022
- The peptide semax affects the expression of genes related to the ... · Medvedeva EV, Dmitrieva VG, Povarova OV, Limborska SA, Skvortsova VI, Myasoedov NF, Dergunova LV · 2014
- Functional Connectomic Approach to Studying Selank and Semax Effects. · Panikratova YR, Lebedeva IS, Sokolov OY et al. · 2020
- [Evaluation of therapeutic effect of new Russian drug semax in optic ... · Polunin GS, Nurieva SM, Baiandin DL, Sheremet NL, Andreeva LA · 2000